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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:20:38 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: Comma at end of enum lists
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Jacek Luczak wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've found that in many enum lists, there's a comma at the end, e.g. 
> (arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c):
> 
> enum {
>         MAGIC1 = 0xBACCD00A,
>         MAGIC2 = 0xCA110000,
>         XOPEN = 5,
>         XWRITE = 4,
> };
> 
> Just out of curiosity, is there any particular reason here (no word in 
> CodingStyle about that).
> 

Yes, it's so you can add a line without affecting the line before it, 
making a one-line patch into a two-line patch that's more likely to 
conflict.

	-hpa
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