Add another example of required braces when using a compound statements. Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@xxxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: - Move the new example up, and make it more generic Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index a20b44a40ec4..fcef0b4b59d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ and else do_that(); +Do use braces when a body is more complex than a single simple statement: + +.. code-block:: c + + if (condition) { + if (another_condition) + do_something(); + } + This does not apply if only one branch of a conditional statement is a single statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html