Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels (-v2)

WANG Cong
2007-06-05T01:37:28Z

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:02:28PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>> If local(__label__) really so widely used in the kernel that it deserves
>> a place in coding-style?
>> A quick grep did not say so.
>>
>
>Probably not, and its use shouldn't be (even tacitly) encouraged. It's
>only really useful for defining a local label within a macro, and
>there's probably something wrong with your macro if you need a local label.
>
> J

I agree. Local labels maybe useful in macros.
If someone will use local labels in his code some day, we shouldn't force him
to align his labels in the first column.