[patch]clarification of coding style regarding conditional statements with two branches

[Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>]

Hi,

I suggest that the coding style should state that if either branch of
an 'if' statement needs braces, both branches should use them.

	Regards
		Oliver
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
----

--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle	2007-04-20 13:08:17.000000000 +0200
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle	2007-04-20 13:16:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@
 25-line terminal screens here), you have more empty lines to put
 comments on.
 
+Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do.
+
+if (condition)
+	action();
+
+This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single
+statement. Use braces in both branches.
+
+if (condition) {
+	do_this();
+	do_that();
+} else {
+	otherwise();
+}
+
 		3.1:  Spaces
 
 Linux kernel style for use of spaces depends (mostly) on
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