Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:59:51 -0800 | | From | Randy Dunlap <> | | Subject | Re: A CodingStyle suggestion |
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 23:58:48 +0200 Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> Hi all, > > In CodingStyle Chapter 16 "Function return value and names", why not > adding a comment about the favorable community way of checking the return > value. ie: > > ret = do_method(); > if (ret) { > /* deal with error */ > } > > and not other ways like: > > if (do_method()) or if ((ret = do_method()) > value) ... > > A patch is ready if the replies are positive.
I like it. Please cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> on it. Hopefully he will merge it.
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