On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:50:26PM +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote: > Paul Jackson wrote: > >In the overall kernel (Linus's bk tree) I count: > > > > 733 lines matching 'for *( *; *; *)' > > 718 lines matching 'while *( *1 *)' > > > >In the kernel/*.c files, I count 15 of the 'for(;;)' style and 1 of the > >'while(1)' style. > > > >Certainly the 'for(;;)' style is acceptable, and even slightly to > >substantially dominant, depending on which piece of code you're in. > > > > I prefer the 'while' style, and only used 'for' because that's what I > thought the kernel used. > > If no-one objects I'll change it back to while... > > Shouldn't issues like this be in the coding style document?
This particular point is rather trivial. Do whatever suits you. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/