Re: [PATCH][1/2] SquashFS

Phillip Lougher
2005-03-15T17:05:23Z

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?

Phillip