Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/11/05, Michael S. Tsirkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> > 3e. sizeof
> > space after the operator
> > sizeof a
> I don't think that's a hard rule, there's plenty of code that does
> "sizeof(type)" and not "sizeof (type)", and whitespace cleanup
> patches I've done that change "sizeof (type)" into "sizeof(type)" have
> generally been accepted.
It is necessary /not/ to put space between "function name" and '(', because
if it is a function-like macro, it does matter. For uniformity, do it for
functions and operations like sizeof too.
> [snip]
> >
> > 4. Indentation rules for C
> > Use tabs, not spaces, for indentation. Tabs should be 8 characters
> > wide.
> A tab is a tab is a tab, how it's displayed is up to the editor
> showing the file.
But editing a file with tab==4 and editing it later with tab==8 guarantees
a mess.
[...]
> > 6. One-line statement does not need a {} block, so dont put it into one
> > if (foo)
> > bar;
> Not always so, if `bar' is a macro adding {} may be safer.
Such macros are /very/ dangerous. That's one reason why multi-line macros
must be wrapped in "do { ... } while(0)"
> Also
> sometimes adding {} improves readability, which is important.
Or leaves an old C hand wondering what is going on...
> > 7. Comments
> > Dont use C99 // comments.
> >
>
> s/Dont/Don't/
>
>
> > 9a. Integer types
> > int is the default integer type.
> > Use unsigned type if you perform bit operations (<<,>>,&,|,~).
> > Use unsigned long if you have to fit a pointer into integer.
> > long long is at least 64 bit wide on all platforms.
> > char is for ASCII characters and strings.
> > Use u8,u16,u32,u64 if you need an integer of a specific size.
>
> u8,s8,u16,s16,u32,s32,u64,s64
Plus annotations for bitwise and such. See Documentation/sparse.txt
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