Re: Comma at end of enum lists

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jacek Luczak wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've found that in many enum lists, there's a comma at the end, e.g. 
> (arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c):
>
> enum {
>         MAGIC1 = 0xBACCD00A,
>         MAGIC2 = 0xCA110000,
>         XOPEN = 5,
>         XWRITE = 4,
> };
>
> Just out of curiosity, is there any particular reason here (no word in 
> CodingStyle about that).

Yes, it's so you can add a line without affecting the line before it, 
making a one-line patch into a two-line patch that's more likely to 
conflict.

	-hpa
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