Re: [patch]clarification of coding style regarding conditionalstatements with two branches

[Jan Engelhardt]

On May 4 2007 16:48, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>  
>> +Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do.
>> +
>> +if (condition)
>> +	action();
>> +
>> +This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single
>> +statement. Use braces in both branches.
>
>Why, what's wrong with
>if (condition) {
>	do_this();
>	do_that();
>} else
>	otherwise();
>
>? It's more readable/nicer in my eyes.

I'll just point to an opinion:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/5/36 , lower half. ("Secondly, whenever...")


Jan
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