Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:25:51 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: Comma at end of enum lists |
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 10:20:38AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Jacek Luczak wrote: > >Hi All, > > > >I've found that in many enum lists, there's a comma at the end, e.g. > >(arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c): > > > >enum { > > MAGIC1 = 0xBACCD00A, > > MAGIC2 = 0xCA110000, > > XOPEN = 5, > > XWRITE = 4, > >}; > > > >Just out of curiosity, is there any particular reason here (no word in > >CodingStyle about that). > > > > Yes, it's so you can add a line without affecting the line before it, > making a one-line patch into a two-line patch that's more likely to > conflict.
Note that doing that makes sense only when you can expect additions to the end and even then it's a matter of taste.
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