From: James Kosin <jkosin@intcomgrp.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Style Issues / Concerns
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:33:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BA7D433.1050109@intcomgrp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wrx45d4d.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
On 3/22/2010 4:13 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> James Kosin <jkosin@intcomgrp.com> writes:
>
>> Before everyone jumps in at once, this is a simple example that will
>> produce a compiler error about the misplaced else. However if there are
>> many if statements above this that may allow the else to be paired up
>> with it then the code will compile and there will be a serious and very
>> difficult bug in the code that will take days or months to find.
>>
> Modern editors with auto indent mode makes it actually very easy
> to find such bugs.
>
> Also checkpatch.pl checks for it now I believe.
>
Thanks for the speedy reply.
Does this mean developers need to install X or some graphical
environment now to develop the kernel?
If so what options are available to those that don't want a graphical
environment to develop under?
Sorry if I'm old fashioned.
Thanks again,
James K.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-22 20:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-22 20:02 [OT] Style Issues / Concerns James Kosin
2010-03-22 20:13 ` Andi Kleen
2010-03-22 20:33 ` James Kosin [this message]
2010-03-22 20:55 ` Andi Kleen
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