2016-01-04 23:40 GMT-03:00 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 19:07 -0300, Geyslan G. Bem wrote:
>> 2016-01-04 18:52 GMT-03:00 Sergei Shtylyov :
>> > > > > > This patch fixes coding style issues reported by checkpatch concerning
>> > > > > > to unnecessary space after a cast.
>> > > > > This is a case where checkpatch is wrong, IMO. Casts should always be
>> > > > > followed by a space. I will not accept this patch.
>
> Your choice, but most kernel code disagrees with you.
>
> measuring only kernel casts to a pointer, (because there are
> too many false positives otherwise) casts without a space
> are preferred ~3:1 over casts followed by a space.
>
> (without space)
> $ grep -rP --include=*.[ch] -oh "\(\s*(\w{3,}\s+){0,2}\w{3,}\s*\*+\s*\)\w+" * | \
> sort|cut -f1 -d")"| sed 's/$/)/' | wc -l
> 36612
>
> (with space)
> $ grep -rP --include=*.[ch] -oh "\(\s*(\w{3,}\s+){0,2}\w{3,}\s*\*+\s*\)[ \t]\w+" * | \
> sort|cut -f1 -d")"| sed 's/$/)/' | wc -l
> 13233
FWIW I really don't have a side here since it's not defined in Coding
Style. Please disregard this patch.
--
Regards,
Geyslan G. Bem
hackingbits.com
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