On 02/21/2017 07:44 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 02:20:50PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, simran singhal wrote:
>>
>>> This patch removes braces for single statement blocks. The warning
>>> was detected using checkpatch.pl.
>>> Coccinelle was used to make the change.
>>>
>>> @@
>>> expression e,e1;
>>> @@
>>> - if (e) {
>>> + if (e)
>>> e1;
>>> - }
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> I do not think this patch should be merged.
>
> Note that all of the braces you are removing are for single statements
> that span multiple lines, and that is precisely why the braces were
> added in the first place. Having braces for such statements often
> increase readability even if they are not mandated by the coding
> standard.
>
> So I suggest this patch is dropped.
I concur. I think the change was well-intended but I find the
practice Johan describes to improve readability of the code.
-Alex
>
> Thanks,
> Johan
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