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SubjectRe: [PATCH] CodingStyle: proscribe do-while without braces.
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:37:02 -0700 Josh Triplett <josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Sparse warns about do-while loops without braces; Linus's rationale from the
> Sparse Git changelog:
> > Add warning message for naked do-while
> >
> > Does it necessarily make sense? Dunno, but it does tend to be bad
> > practice, or at least result in code that can be hard to mentally parse.
> >
> > Maybe that mental parsing is just me. Or maybe it should be warned
> > about. You decide.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/CodingStyle | 7 +++++++
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
> index 7f1730f..f12e4b8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
> +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
> @@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ if (condition) {
> otherwise();
> }
>
> +This also does not apply to a do-while loop; always use braces with a do-while,
> +even if it contains a single statement:
> +
> +do {
> + this();
> +} while(condition);
> +

err, your example has broken coding style.
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