Re: kernel guide to space

[Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>]

On 12/07/05 10:12 +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > 3c. * in types
> > 	Leave space between name and * in types.
> > 	Multiple * dont need additional space between them.
> > 
> > 	struct foo **bar;
> 
> unless you declare a fuction:
> 
> int*
> function_style_for_easy_grep(...)
> {
> 	...
> }
> 
> I like this style because I can grep for ^function_style_for_easy_grep
> and quickly find function def.
> 

That's a pretty bad argument, since most functions aren't declared
that way, and there are much better source code navigational tools,
like cscope and ctags.