Markus Schaber wrote on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:26:47 +0000: > Hi, > > Von: Prabhu Gnana Sundar [mailto:prabh...@collab.net] > > Not sure if the trailing commas at the end of enumerator lists are typos, > > though fixing quite a few of them in the patch attached. I have also > > attached the log message with this mail. > > Please share your views. > > I'm not sure about the subversion coding style guide, but there are > several style guides advising to put a comma after the last member of > enumeration lists. > > The reason: If the enum is extended with further members, it is not > needed to modify the line defining the last member to add the comma. > This keeps diffs/patches cleaner and more concise.
It's not a coding style issue, it's a syntax issue. C89 doesn't allow that trailing comma.
