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Re: Code formatting [Re: [patch] s390*: watchpoints regression [repost]]


> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:59:31 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> 
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:46:34 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > Regarding the extra curly braces, I think it's OK to leave them out,
> > like so:
> > 
> 
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:37:59 +0100, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > It then requires new { brackets }
> > 
> > I don't think you need braces.  The compiler certainly doesn't.
> 
> While this is bikeshedding in its purest form I can jump in.
> 
> 
> >     if ([...])
> >       /* This is a comment that ...  */
> >       return;
> 
> This is a bug from the first sight as there are two C statements attached to
> an `if' conditional.  Two statements always need a block.  This is a bug.
> 
> I really do not have time to interrupt myself each time, several times
> a minute, looking at the code starting examining what those two statements
> semantically are, and therefore if they really require a block or not.

I agree with Jan here.


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