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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2026-02-25 12:46:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2026-02-25 12:46:40 +0100 |
| commit | cf15e8e165e09f04ed756bb290b2636fd41fae9b (patch) | |
| tree | 7b461d1041411fccd3c1ce39e6d8e8d0b80504c3 | |
| parent | 532e2240c87338975401acc663a32d498f349070 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-cf15e8e165e09f04ed756bb290b2636fd41fae9b.tar.gz | |
CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c: Add 'Alignment' subsection
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c b/CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c index 2d91666f93..ebc80b8792 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/style/c @@ -24,16 +24,25 @@ Description break; } - Line length - Lines should not be longer than 80 columns. Except that if they - contain string literals, they can be longer; don't break - user-visible string literals. + Alignment + However, alignment is done with spaces. When breaking a function prototype, start the continuation line with 4 spaces. + void foo(const char *restrict x, + const char *restrict y); + When breaking a function call, align at the opening parenthesis. + foobar(qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm, qwertyuiop, + asdfghjkl); + + Line length + Lines should not be longer than 80 columns. Except that if they + contain string literals, they can be longer; don't break + user-visible string literals. + Braces and spaces Use K&R style for braces. But if the controlling expression of an if/for/while is broken, the opening brace goes on a line of |