On Dec 7 2006 00:48, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>+The preferred way to ease multiple indentation levels in a switch
>+statement is to align the "switch" and its subordinate "case" labels in
>+the same column instead of "double-indenting" the "case" labels. E.g.:
>+
>+ switch (suffix) {
>+ case 'G':
>+ case 'g':
>+ mem <<= 10;
>+ case 'M':
>+ case 'm':
>+ mem << 10;
^^^^^^^^^^
Statement has no effect ;-)
>+ case 'K':
>+ case 'k':
>+ mem << 10;
Make that <<=.
>+Use one space around (on each side of) most binary operators, such as
>+any of these:
>+ = + - < > * / % | & ^ <= >= == !=
And the ternary operator ?:
>+but no space after unary operators:
>+ sizeof ++ -- & * + - ~ ! defined
And no space before these unary operators,
++ (postincrement) -- (postdecrement)
What keyword is "defined"? Did you have too much Perl coffee? :)
>+and no space around the '.' unary operator.
Same goes for ->
>+Linux style for comments is the pre-C99 "/* ... */" style.
Aka C89.
>+Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments.
>+
>+The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
>+
>+ /*
>+ * This is the preferred style for multi-line
>+ * comments in the Linux kernel source code.
>+ * Please use it consistently.
>+ */
Description: Stars to the left with two almost blank (/*, */) lines.
-`J'
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