Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: panel: (coding style) Matching braces

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2014-05-26 at 16:28 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> I believe that most of the kernel code prefers the two-line format resluting
> in this instead :
> 
> 		}
> 		else if (*esc >= 'A' && *esc <= 'Z') {
> 			value |= (*esc - 'A' + 10) << shift;
> 		}
> 		else if (*esc >= 'a' && *esc <= 'z') {
> 			value |= (*esc - 'a' + 10) << shift;
> 		}
> 		else {

grep shows what kernel style is most used.

Your form:
	}
	else if (...) {

(This shows 3 lines per instance)
$ grep-2.5.4 -rP --include=*.[ch] '}\n[ \t]*else if.*{\n' * | wc -l
909

Generally used form:
	} else if (...) {

(mostly shows 2 lines per instance)
$ grep-2.5.4 -rP --include=*.[ch] '} else if.*{\n' * | wc -l
31653

That's ~50:1 preference for "} else if (...) {"

> It's just a matter of taste I know,

true enough.


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