Re: [PATCH][1/2] SquashFS

Matt Mackall
2005-03-15T17:31:00Z

On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:50:26PM +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> Paul Jackson wrote:
> >In the overall kernel (Linus's bk tree) I count:
> >
> > 733 lines matching 'for *( *; *; *)'
> > 718 lines matching 'while *( *1 *)'
> >
> >In the kernel/*.c files, I count 15 of the 'for(;;)' style and 1 of the
> >'while(1)' style.
> >
> >Certainly the 'for(;;)' style is acceptable, and even slightly to
> >substantially dominant, depending on which piece of code you're in.
> >
>
> I prefer the 'while' style, and only used 'for' because that's what I
> thought the kernel used.
>
> If no-one objects I'll change it back to while...
>
> Shouldn't issues like this be in the coding style document?

This particular point is rather trivial. Do whatever suits you.

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