From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NGgfz-0007HS-Ps for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:30:59 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NGgfu-0007C1-Ji for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:30:58 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41140 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NGgfu-0007Bc-Av for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:30:54 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f188.google.com ([209.85.210.188]:63994) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NGgfu-0003Ig-7v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:30:54 -0500 Received: by yxe26 with SMTP id 26so2654632yxe.4 for ; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B198D96.6090407@codemonkey.ws> Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:30:46 -0600 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Get coding style closer to the real world References: <1259618155-4217-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> <200912041747.06776.paul@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: <200912041747.06776.paul@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Paul Brook Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Paul Brook wrote: > On Monday 30 November 2009, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> Currently we have this stupid role of disallowing: >> >> if (r) >> break; >> > > This has been discussed to death several times, in several different paces, > and with no clear resolution or consensus, so I'm going to make an executive > decision: > > The coding style stays as-is. Braces are required. Please ensure that all > patches follow the coding style. There may be exceptions, but there should be > a *good* reason for deviation. > > > If there are real problems or ambiguities in the coding style then I am > willing to consider fixing it. This particular change meets neither criteria. > > By picking a single coding style we've pretty much guaranteed that most people > will disagree with some of it. IMO consistency is more important. > I agree 100%. Regards, Anthony Liguori > Paul > > >