Re: [PATCH 5/8] lib: bitmap: remove the 'extern' keyword from function declarations

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Feb 01 2021 - 05:21:45 EST


On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 09:25:08PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 4:59 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > The 'extern' keyword doesn't have any benefits in header files. Remove it.
> >
> > > +int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> > > + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> >
> > Why not
> >
> > int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1, const unsigned long *bitmap2,
> > unsigned int nbits);
> >
> > and so on?
> >
> > It's even in 80 limit.
> >
>
> I feel like this is purely a matter of taste. No rules define exactly
> how the lines should be broken. I prefer the longer part to be below,
> it just looks better to my eyes.

In above case it's even logically better to split as I proposed.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko