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SubjectRe: Comma at end of enum lists
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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