[PATCH 2/4] Fix GNU coding style.

Martin Sebor msebor@gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 17:08:00 GMT 2018


On 11/02/2018 04:37 AM, marxin wrote:
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>
> 2018-11-02  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
>
> 	* mem-stats.h (mem_alloc_description::get_list): Fix GNU coding
> 	style.
> 	* vec.c: Likewise.

I have no preference here or even know what the style guide calls
for (nor have I been able to find it) but I've always assumed
the convention for declaring functions that return pointers (and
variables of pointer types) was

   T *func (...);

with a space after the type and before the name) as opposed to
either of:

   T* func (...);
or
   T * func (...);

The former also appears to be dominant style in GCC.

So I'm mostly just curious: is there a recommended or preferred
style or does it not matter?

Thanks
Martin



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