From f57b6cfdf7b395adc6b3c813109c2eb53e93809a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 01:17:25 -0500 Subject: CodingGuidelines: mention C whitespace rules We are fairly consistent about these, so most are covered by "follow existing style", but it doesn't hurt to be explicit. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index ef67b53f72..ed432a80ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ For C programs: "char * string". This makes it easier to understand code like "char *string, c;". + - Use whitespace around operators and keywords, but not inside + parentheses and not around functions. So: + + while (condition) + func(bar + 1); + + and not: + + while( condition ) + func (bar+1); + - We avoid using braces unnecessarily. I.e. if (bla) { -- cgit v1.2.3