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From: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>
To: "Brown, Len" <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: ACPI mailing list
	<acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
	juhl-lkml-poRShpWsAiE@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/30] return statement cleanup - kill pointless parentheses (fwd)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:33:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041221083345.GA1012@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F7DC2337C7631D4386A2DF6E8FB22B30024F6C4C-N2PTB0HCzHKkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>

Hi!

> >Parenthesis around returns statements were driving me crazy for quite
> >a long time -- return is not a function and I do not think it should
> >look as one. Could we get this applied?
> 
> K&R-2 says "Parentheses are often used around the expression, but they
> are optional."

Of course it is valid C, but return(((((-ENOMEM))))); would be valid
C, too :-). It is also bad, because it makes return look like a
function call.

I'd like to at least get rid of 

	return(a);

form.

	return (a);

is slightly less ugly.
								Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-12-21  8:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-21  4:19 [PATCH 0/30] return statement cleanup - kill pointless parentheses (fwd) Brown, Len
     [not found] ` <F7DC2337C7631D4386A2DF6E8FB22B30024F6C4C-N2PTB0HCzHKkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2004-12-21  7:54   ` Jesper Juhl
2004-12-21  8:33   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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2004-12-21 17:34 Brown, Len
2004-12-20 22:54 Pavel Machek

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