Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:20:38 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Comma at end of enum lists |
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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.
-hpa
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