Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 06:26:26 -0700
From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
To: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question about style when converting from K&R to ANSI C.
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On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 11:56:16PM -0600, Steven Cole wrote:
> Proposed conversion:
> 
> int foo(void)
> {
>    	/* body here */
> }	

Sometimes it is nice to be able to see function names with a 

	grep '^[a-zA-Z].*(' *.c

which is why I've always preferred

int
foo(void)
{
	/* body here */
}	

Is there some reason that I'm missing that the kernel folks like it the other
way?  
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Larry McVoy              lm at bitmover.com          http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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