15/09/2021 11:50, Bruce Richardson: > Add a note for the preference of using "()" rather than "\" for line > continuations in meson. > > Suggested-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > --- > doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 10 ++++++++++
This is not the Meson guide. > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst > @@ -1024,6 +1024,16 @@ The following guidelines apply to the build system > code in meson.build files in > * Line continuations should be doubly-indented to ensure visible difference > from normal indentation. > Any line continuations beyond the first may be singly indented to avoid > large amounts of indentation. > > +* Where a line is split in the middle of a statement, e.g. a multiline `if` > statement, > + brackets should be used in preference to escaping the line break. Should we specify it is about Meson? > + > +Example:: > + > + if (condition1 and condition2 # line breaks inside () need no > escaping > + and condition3 and condition4) > + x = y > + endif > +
