[patch] s390*: watchpoints regression [repost]

Joel Brobecker brobecker@adacore.com
Sun Dec 18 11:38:00 GMT 2011


> FYI I am aware of this rule and I try to follow it but it seems
> unnatural to me.  It then requires new { brackets } and when reading
> the code I would more expect to see why the conditional happens, not
> why the return happens.

Interesting, the opposite feels completely unnatural to me: The comment
only applies if the condition is true, whereas in the case I was quoting,
it looks like it applies no matter what.

Regarding the extra curly braces, I think it's OK to leave them out,
like so:

    if ([...])
      /* This is a comment that ...  */
      return;

If we prefer keeping the comment before the condition, then I would
suggest we rewrite the comment to say so.  Something like this:

    /* If this is an old thread, or there is something else
       special to it, then it's ok to do nothing.  */
    if ([...])
      return;

-- 
Joel



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