On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 09:57:30AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 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. > "coding style guide sub-section for meson" was too long to fit in the header. :-)
> > --- 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? > It's in a section entitled "Meson Coding Style"[1] so that should not be necessary. [1]https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-21.08/contributing/coding_style.html#meson-coding-style
