[Gluster-devel] if/else coding style :-)

[Justin Clift]

----- Original Message -----
> Without taking sides: the last grep is including else without either { or }.
> 
> [~/work/glusterfs]
> sh$ git grep '} else {' | wc -l
>     1331
> [~/work/glusterfs]
> sh$ git grep 'else {' | grep -v '}' | wc -l
>      142
> 
> So going by just numbers, "} else {" is 10x more common than "}\n else {".
> I also find that believable based on familiarity of seeing this pattern in
> the code. Either way, good idea to stick to one and not allow both in
> future code.

Meh, I'm going to take sides. :D

Let's go with the Linux Kernel style, as it's very familiar to many people
in our Community and is "good enough".

If we find it hard to decide, lets do an on-list vote (+1/-1 style) and
adjust checkpatch.pl as needed to enforce it. :)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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