Re: coding style

[debian developer]

On 6/15/07, dave young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> The Documentation/CodingStyle says:
>
> Outside of comments, documentation and except in Kconfig, spaces are never
> used for indentation, and the above example is deliberately broken.
>
> Regards
> dave
>
> 2007/6/15, Kok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:48:36PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > >> Hi to all,
> > >>
> > >> a simple question the answer to witch I didn't find in CodingStyle.
> > >> Look for a code snip:
> > >>
> > >>      err = foo(arg_a, arg_b, arg_c,
> > >>              arg_d);
> > >>
> > >> the second line contains 'd' arg aligned with tabs only
> > >> but it could be rewritten with more elegant style (by adding
> > >> a few spaces) like this
> > >>
> > >>      err = foo(arg_a, arg_b, arg_c,
> > >>                arg_d);
> > >>
> > >> so which one is preferred for the kernel?
> > >
> > > There is no "preferred", just one good and one bad :-)
> > >
> > > Ideally, you should use tabs only for indentation, and spaces only for
> > > alignment. Keep in mind that there are people using different tab sizes
> > > and that your tabs should not make it harder for them to read your code.
> > > In your example above, you should use tabs from left up to "err", then
> > > spaces to go from "err" to "arg_d".
> > >
> > > However, we know that some editors such as emacs are stupid in this regard,
> > > because they fill with tabs then complete with spaces, so it's not always
> > > easy.
> >
> > the current "checkpatch.pl" script rejects this notion and requires that you use
> > tabs whenever you can (you can still align code within the length of one tab).
> >
> > Since in the example part (2) above there are 9 spaces needed to go from err to
> > arg_d, it complains if you had used 9 spaces here. It only allows you to use
> > tabs + n spaces (where n < 8)
> >
> > I personally prefer spaces, but the checkpatch.pl script does not agree, much to
> > my dismay :(
> >
> >
> > Auke
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