Re: [libvirt] RFC: Coding style: require alphabetical header file sorting

On 03.12.2012 17:45, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > Thus far we only have one rule about header files, #include <config.h> > must be first in all .c files. I'm wondering if it is time to introduce > some new rules > > - All system headers must be grouped to preceed all local headers > - All system headers must be sorted within their group > - All local headers must be sorted within their group > > This will require updating pretty much every single source and header > file in the tree. Of course it will need a new syntax check rule to > validate this too. Since fixing them is a serious amount of work, > I was wondering about people's opinions on this ? > > The goal is just standardization to make code a little more readable. > > Daniel > I feel indifferent about the last two. Personally alphabetical sorting would make it in fact harder if one is including twin header files, e.g. for stat(2) you need to include: #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <unistd.h>