Module Name:    src
Committed By:   riastradh
Date:           Sun Aug  2 01:35:07 UTC 2020

Modified Files:
        src/share/misc: style

Log Message:
Update style around single-line braces according to discussion.

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2020/07/12/msg012536.html
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2020/07/12/msg026594.html

Retain some examples of technically unnecessary braces that likely
aid legibility from the previous commit.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.57 -r1.58 src/share/misc/style

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: src/share/misc/style
diff -u src/share/misc/style:1.57 src/share/misc/style:1.58
--- src/share/misc/style:1.57	Sun Aug  2 00:20:21 2020
+++ src/share/misc/style	Sun Aug  2 01:35:07 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: style,v 1.57 2020/08/02 00:20:21 lukem Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: style,v 1.58 2020/08/02 01:35:07 riastradh Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * The revision control tag appears first, with a blank line after it.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 2008\
  The NetBSD Foundation, inc. All rights reserved.");
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: style,v 1.57 2020/08/02 00:20:21 lukem Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: style,v 1.58 2020/08/02 01:35:07 riastradh Exp $");
 
 /*
  * VERY important single-line comments look like this.
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			errno = 0;
 			num = strtol(optarg, &ep, 10);
 			if (num <= 0 || *ep != '\0' || (errno == ERANGE &&
-			    (num == LONG_MAX || num == LONG_MIN)) )
+			    (num == LONG_MAX || num == LONG_MIN)) ) {
 				errx(1, "illegal number -- %s", optarg);
+			}
 			break;
 		case '?':
 		default:
@@ -254,9 +255,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	argv += optind;
 
 	/*
-	 * Space after keywords (while, for, return, switch).  No braces are
-	 * required for control statements with only a single statement,
-	 * unless it's a long statement.
+	 * Space after keywords (while, for, return, switch).
+	 *
+	 * Braces around single-line bodies are optional; use discretion.
 	 *
 	 * Forever loops are done with for's, not while's.
 	 */
@@ -288,15 +289,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* Second level indents are four spaces. */
-	while (cnt < 20)
+	while (cnt < 20) {
 		z = a + really + long + statement + that + needs + two + lines +
 		    gets + indented + four + spaces + on + the + second +
 		    and + subsequent + lines;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Closing and opening braces go on the same line as the else.
-	 * Don't add braces that aren't necessary except in cases where
-	 * there are ambiguity or readability issues.
 	 */
 	if (test) {
 		/*
@@ -310,8 +310,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	} else if (bar) {
 		stmt;
 		stmt;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		stmt;
+	}
 
 	/* No spaces after function names. */
 	if ((result = function(a1, a2, a3, a4)) == NULL)

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