Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Add warning about leading contination tests

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 09:58:04AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index bc4114f..c35933a 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2064,6 +2064,11 @@ sub process {
>  			CHK("multiple assignments should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}
>  
> +# Check use of leading logical continuation tests
> +		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(\|\||&&)/) {
> +			WARN("Continuation logic should be at end of previous line\n" . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +
>  ## # check for multiple declarations, allowing for a function declaration
>  ## # continuation.
>  ## 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*$Type\s+$Ident(?:\s*=[^,{]*)?\s*,\s*$Ident.*/ &&

Where does this preference come from?

In

	excessivelylongcondition
	&& anotherreallylongcondition
	&& yetanotherunbelievablylongcondition
	&& yetanotherwellyougettheidea

I want to be able to keep the &&'s all justified.

Or look for well-typeset math or CS texts and try to find any that leave
operators dangling on the right.

I don't really care much about this particular point, but: the
checkpatch output is already getting too verbose to be useful, without
adding advice that's actually the opposite of what I'd normally want to
do....

--b.