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Subject[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces
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Add another example of required braces when using a compound statement in
a loop.

Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@amd.com>
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Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index a20b44a40ec4..d98deb62c400 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches:
otherwise();
}

+Also, use braces when a loop contains more than a single simple statement:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ while (condition) {
+ if (test)
+ do_something();
+ }
+
3.1) Spaces
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