# [PATCH v2] CodingGuidelines: Added note about position of 'else' in C programs. 1 messages from 2012-06-14 to 2012-06-14. Participants: Leila Muhtasib. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30802 ## Leila Muhtasib, 2012-06-14 01:42 Subject: [PATCH v2] CodingGuidelines: Added note about position of 'else' in C programs. Message-ID: <1339638163-33870-1-git-send-email-muhtasib@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1339638163-33870-1-git-send-email-muhtasib%40gmail.com ``` 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 --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) 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 -- 1.7.7.5 (Apple Git-26) ```