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v2CodingGuidelines: Added note about position of 'else' in C programs.

Subject: [PATCH v2] CodingGuidelines: Added note about position of 'else' in C programs.

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Leila Muhtasib· Jun 14, 2012, 01:42 UTC · lore

During code review of some patches, it was noted that 'else' should appear on the same line as the closing '}' of its 'if' block.

Signed-off-by: Leila Muhtasib <muhtasib@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/CodingGuidelines |    3 +++
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 4557711..99588f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ For C programs:
 
  - We try to avoid assignments inside if().
 
+ - "else" should be positioned on the same line as the closing
+   "}" of its "if" block.
+
  - Try to make your code understandable.  You may put comments
    in, but comments invariably tend to stale out when the code
    they were describing changes.  Often splitting a function
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