On a Friday in 2022, Tim Wiederhake wrote:
This was not mentioned before.
Signed-off-by: Tim Wiederhake <twiederh(a)redhat.com>
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docs/coding-style.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/coding-style.rst b/docs/coding-style.rst
index 14c5136398..e1ed34f764 100644
--- a/docs/coding-style.rst
+++ b/docs/coding-style.rst
@@ -600,6 +600,19 @@ calling another function.
...
}
+Define variables on separate lines. This allows for smaller, easier to
+understand diffs when changing them. Define variables in the smallest
+possible scope.
+
+::
+
+ GOOD:
+ int x;
+ int y;
+
+ BAD:
+ int x, y;
+
Please use longer variable names and initialize some too, to illustrate
it better, e.g.:
int count = 0, nnodes;
Personally I don't mind:
size_t i, j;
that much - even though removing one does cause churn, they are simple
to read.
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko(a)redhat.com>
Jano