[Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: CODING_STYLE: Forbid if (...) { stmt; } else stmt;

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And clarify that the rule about omitting braces for single statements
is optional (it is even contradicted by the example).

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE b/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE
index 01ee25b..32170ef 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE
@@ -294,8 +294,10 @@ Libxenlight coding style is super simple.  Avoid tricky 
expressions.
 
 5. Block structure
 
-Every indented statement is braced, except blocks that contain just
-one statement.
+Every indented statement is braced, but blocks that contain just one
+statement may have the braces omitted.  To avoid confusion, either all
+the blocks in an if...else chain have braces, or none of them do.
+
 The opening brace is on the line that contains the control flow
 statement that introduces the new block; the closing brace is on the
 same line as the else keyword, or on a line by itself if there is no
-- 
2.1.4


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