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| author | Jeff Darcy <jdarcy@redhat.com> | 2014-09-29 17:27:14 -0400 |
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| committer | Vijay Bellur <vbellur@redhat.com> | 2014-10-02 07:01:15 -0700 |
| commit | 0a8371bdfdd88e662d09def717cc0b822feb64e8 (patch) | |
| tree | fcb26b68c162ffcfd55d7afcf84a295aab23af93 /extras/checkpatch.pl | |
| parent | f2131b8c79641c1bf9e20657757bcc9a62a0625a (diff) | |
extras: reverse test for '}' vs. following 'else' placement
The two-line form "}\nelse {" has been more common than the one-line
form "} else {" in our code for years, and IMO for good reason (see
the comment in the diff).
Change-Id: Ic22c76fe76f0d91300daff36e755a18a8db58852
Signed-off-by: Jeff Darcy <jdarcy@redhat.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.gluster.org/8888
Tested-by: Gluster Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.com>
Reviewed-by: Vijay Bellur <vbellur@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'extras/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | extras/checkpatch.pl | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/extras/checkpatch.pl b/extras/checkpatch.pl index 02c2c2e02ee..18e8cc7aac7 100755 --- a/extras/checkpatch.pl +++ b/extras/checkpatch.pl @@ -3335,12 +3335,12 @@ sub process { "trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr); } - # Check for }<nl>else {, these must be at the same - # indent level to be relevant to each other. - if ($prevline=~/}\s*$/ and $line=~/^.\s*else\s*/ and - $previndent == $indent) { + # Check for "} else" which is less readable. Having if/else keywords + # line up is a good thing, and having control structures on the same + # line as a close-brace is bad. + if ($line=~/^.\s*}\selse\s*/) { ERROR("ELSE_AFTER_BRACE", - "else should follow close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev); + "'}' and 'else' should be on separate lines\n" . $hereprev); } if ($prevline=~/}\s*$/ and $line=~/^.\s*while\s*/ and |