From b218ab0a5af943441e1daa7dc811874ecd409229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antonio Ospite Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:22:19 -0700 Subject: Documentation: update CodingStyle use of braces After commit 38829dc9d7b4 ("Documentation/CodingStyle: flesh out if-else examples") highlight that if _only_one_ branch of a conditional statement is a single statement, then braces are to be used on both branches. Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/CodingStyle | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/CodingStyle') diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index c940239d9678..2b90d328b3ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ if (condition) else do_that(); -This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single -statement. Use braces in both branches. +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: if (condition) { do_this(); -- cgit v1.2.3