Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] CODING_STYLE: Forbid nested block in the hypervisor code

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 04.07.17 at 14:12, <julien.grall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> When removing if/for/while statements, the code should be reworked to
> remove the { } and the extra indentation.

Yes.

> This is improving code maintainability and code readability.

For the given example, yes. However, there are (rare) cases where
having such nested blocks actually improves readability, for example
in certain combinations with preprocessor conditionals. Hence I don't
think we should forbid them.

Jan


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