From 1dbba2cf30c9be65287d2c83ad35db72c62890ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gary R Hook Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:21:38 -0500 Subject: Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces Add another example of required braces when using a compound statement in a loop. Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index a20b44a40ec4..d98deb62c400 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches: otherwise(); } +Also, use braces when a loop contains more than a single simple statement: + +.. code-block:: c + + while (condition) { + if (test) + do_something(); + } + 3.1) Spaces *********** -- cgit v1.2.3