Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Document Qemu coding style

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <address@hidden>
            Blue Swirl <address@hidden> writes:
: >  +An exception is the opening brace for a function; for reasons of tradition
: >  +and clarity it comes on a line by itself:
: >  +
: >  +    void a_function(void)
: >  +    {
: >  +        do_something();
: >  +    }
: >  +
: >  +Rationale: a consistent (except for functions...) bracing style reduces
: >  +ambiguity and avoids needless churn when lines are added or removed.
: >  +Furthermore, it is the Qemu coding style.
: 
: No, this is the K&R style. Quoting linux/Documentation/CodingStyle:
: 
: Heretic people all over the world have claimed that this inconsistency
: is ...  well ...  inconsistent, but all right-thinking people know that
: (a) K&R are _right_ and (b) K&R are right.  Besides, functions are
: special anyway (you can't nest them in C).

And besides, there's lots of almost-smart tools that operate on source
code that know this is always true...  Or at least historically that's
been the case, don't know of any widely used ones today, but I doubt
they were all fixed...

Warner