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Subject: Re: [RFC: Coding Style] Best way to split a long function
 declaration with modifiers
From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Date:   Sat, 12 May 2018 09:24:41 -0700
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On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 19:07 +0300, igor.stoppa@gmail.com wrote:
> On 12 May 2018 at 18:41, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I think the first style should be preferred when the
> > combined character length of <type> <function_name> is
> > relatively long.
> > 
> 
> thank you, I could provide a patch to the docs for this case, if it's not
> considered too much of a corner case.

I think it should not considered anything like a mandate.

Perhaps it could be described as an optional/possible style
but perhaps as well it's not necessary as coding_style for
this does not have to be rigidly specified.

cheers, Joe