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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:16:12 -0500
From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: don't allow non-indented
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To: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Cc: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> That's the problem. We have seen that people already take advantage of
> the ambiguities, as I would have never have imagined someone writing the
> code in the rationale of this patch to avoid putting braces.
>   

I appreciate the desire to be precise, but we aren't writing a compiler 
or an automated syntax checker.  We're writing a set of guidelines for 
reasonable people to follow.  If someone sets out to "defeat" 
CODING_STYLE by introducing some crazy syntax, the solution is 
simple--just don't take the patch.  Good sense must prevail regardless 
of what CODING_STYLE says.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori