It's already allowed by the example; there are about 1800 instances in the tree; and disallowing it would lead to
if (a) { ... } else { if (b) { ... } else { if (c) { ... } else { if (d) { ... } else { ... } } } } instead of if (a) { ... } else if (b) { ... } else if (c) { ... } else if (d) { ... } else { ... } which is more readable. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <a...@redhat.com> --- CODING_STYLE | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE index 5ecfa22..6e61c49 100644 --- a/CODING_STYLE +++ b/CODING_STYLE @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ keyword. Example: printf("a was something else entirely.\n"); } +Note that 'else if' is considered a single statement; otherwise a long if/ +else if/else if/.../else sequence would need an indent for every else +statement. + An exception is the opening brace for a function; for reasons of tradition and clarity it comes on a line by itself: -- 1.7.5.3