Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:33:55 -0400 | From | James Kosin <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Style Issues / Concerns |
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On 3/22/2010 4:13 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > James Kosin <jkosin@intcomgrp.com> writes: > >> Before everyone jumps in at once, this is a simple example that will >> produce a compiler error about the misplaced else. However if there are >> many if statements above this that may allow the else to be paired up >> with it then the code will compile and there will be a serious and very >> difficult bug in the code that will take days or months to find. >> > Modern editors with auto indent mode makes it actually very easy > to find such bugs. > > Also checkpatch.pl checks for it now I believe. > Thanks for the speedy reply.
Does this mean developers need to install X or some graphical environment now to develop the kernel? If so what options are available to those that don't want a graphical environment to develop under?
Sorry if I'm old fashioned.
Thanks again, James K.
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