[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 6/7] Add pxecfg command
Detlev Zundel
dzu at denx.de
Fri Jul 29 09:50:12 CEST 2011
Hi Wolfgang,
[...]
>> > > + if (path_len > MAX_TFTP_PATH_LEN) {
>> > > + printf("Base path too long (%s%s)\n",
>> > > + bootfile_path ? bootfile_path : "",
>> > > + file_path);
>> >
>> > Indentation is one level only. Please fix globally.
>>
>> Moving these printf args substantially to the right follows kernel
>> CodingStyle guidelines and is more readable than a single level of
>> indentation. Is this a deviation from the kernel CodingStyle that
>> should go into the U-boot coding style wiki?
>
> I think you misread the Coding Style here. What you are referring to
> is probably this:
>
> Statements longer than 80 columns will be broken into sensible chunks.
> Descendants are always substantially shorter than the parent and are placed
> substantially to the right. The same applies to function headers with
> a long argument list. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> So this rule of "place substantially to the right" is given here for
> function >>headers<< only. I cannot find a place that makes such a
> comment for calling a function with a long argument list.
Actually the quoted text clearly applies to "descendants" of "statements
longer than 80 columns" _and_ of "function headers". So I believe your
reading is not correct.
But this is only a formal remark - I agree that the proposed change is
to the worse ;)
Cheers
Detlev
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