On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 14:48 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > There are two common approaches to breaking long lines at binary > operators: breaking the line before the operator (putting the operator > at the start of the next line), or breaking the line after the operator > (putting the operator at the end of the previous line). > > CodingStyle doesn't define any requirement here, and the kernel uses > both approaches; for instance, using && as a sample: > > $ git grep -h '&&$' | wc -l > 28872 > $ git grep -h '^[[:space:]]*&&' | wc -l > 4169 > > Which style should kernel code use? I can submit a CodingStyle patch > documenting that preference for future reference.
That was pretty contentious awhile ago. An example: https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/5/30 net/ and drivers/net/ use && and || at EOL. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
