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Re: style change: explicitly permit braces for single statements



On 12/07/2020 04:01, Luke Mewburn wrote:
On 20-07-12 10:01, Luke Mewburn wrote:
   | I propose that the NetBSD C style guide in to /usr/share/misc/style
   | is reworded to more explicitly permit braces around single statements,
   | instead of the current discourgement.
   |
   | IMHO, permitting braces to be consistently used:
   | - Adds to clarity of intent.
   | - Aids code review.
   | - Avoids gotofail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreachable_code#goto_fail_bug
   |
   | regards,
   | Luke.

I was asked to CC this thread to tech-kern@, so I'm doing that.


yes please

Nick


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