begin quoting David Brown as of Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 04:08:38PM -0800: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 03:59:26PM -0800, SJS wrote: > > >When I see > > > > if ( blah ) > > doSomething(); > > > > blah(); > > > >I either fix it, or I harass the author about it until they fix it. > > Sadly, the Linux coding standard forbids the braces when there is only one > statement. The do require braces on both if and else when one of them is > more than one line, though.
That just shows that coding standards can be stupid. :) Embedding a coding standard in the language would therefore seem dangerous. -- Even smart people can have stupid habits Or take up silly causes, even raise rabbits Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
