Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:59:12 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH/v2] CodingStyle updates |
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On Dec 15 2006 21:27, Jörn Engel wrote: >On Fri, 15 December 2006 22:01:10 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Dec 15 2006 15:56, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >> > >> > outside the loop? If not then it is better to keep style consistent >> > and not use condensed form in loops either. >> >> Don't you all even think about leaving the whitespace away in the wrong >> place, otherwise the kernel is likely to become an entry for IOCCC. > >Please, this is not religion. No god has spoken "though shalt not...". > >In 99% of all cases, what Randy wrote is the best choice. But the
Of course it is - hey, I even "contributed" to it. Well, looks like I should be adding in more smilies when making remarks like the above.
>ultimate goal is not to follow his heavenly rules with fundamental >zealotry, the ultimate goal is to make the code readable. If you >happen to stumble on the 1% case where the code can be more readable by >not following the rules, and you are absolutely sure about that, then >don't. That simple. ;)
I take it that people will automatically DTRT for obscure cases like shown before. Well, and if they don't, hopefully some reviewer catches things like 3*i + l<<2.
It's all right, I did not mean to step on toes.
-`J' --
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