Good, let's discuss it developers-wide then, and add a result into
the (to become official) Coding Style Guidelines for kernel-mode code.
The only thing I'm bothered with is to keep the style consistent
across kernel (and drivers, where possible). And right now bracing
arguments of && and || prevails.
I'm eager to listen to other dev's opinion on that topic. You just
showed one disadvantage of such method. Are there any advantages?
WBR,
Aleksey.
On Feb 16, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Dmitry Gorbachev wrote:
No, it's
just a matter of coding style used in the kernel.
What is a logical basis for adopting this particular rule?
Sometimes it is
not just a matter of preference.
These parentheses are unnecessary for humans, and if they are not
needed for
compilers or some other tools, they are bad! Without them, the bug
could be
noticed earlier.
Cheers,
Dmitry