Re: CodingStyle: start flamewar about use of braces

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:19:45PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>+Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do.
> >>+
> >>+if (condition)
> >>+	action();
> >>+
> >>+This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single
> >>+statement. Use braces in both branches.
> >>+
> >>+if (condition) {
> >>+	do_this();
> >>+	do_that();
> >>+} else {
> >>+	otherwise();
> >>+}
> 
> If anyone tries to add braces to my code's 'else' statements where they 
> are not required, that patch will get NAK'd in a heartbeat.

Oh isn't coding style fun.  I personally hate code that doesn't ALWAYS
have the braces everywhere since it makes adding a print statement
or other debuging to the condition such a pain since you then have to
add braces to the condition to avoid breaking the code just to insert
a print statement.  It is one of the few things I disagree with in the
linux kernel coding style.

--
Len Sorensen