H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What makes you say that, in particular? I prefer it. Actually, I'd prefer it all to be on one line, but some people get picky about the 80 char limit. Besides, that "static inline" is merely a qualifier to the declaration of the function. The return type, name and args are part of the declaration of the function and belong together more. > A casual grep finds no less than 3524 instances of "static inline <type>" -- > presumably with a function name following -- and only 447 instances of > "static inline" without a type in the kernel. But how does it break down between "static inline type\nfunction_name" and "static inline\ntype function_name"? That's more to the point. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html