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Re: [XEN PATCH v2 1/9] x86/vlapic: tidy switch statement and address MISRA violation


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:31:20 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:31:30 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 11.04.2024 14:03, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 09/04/2024 8:45 pm, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
>> On 2024-04-08 09:32, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 05.04.2024 11:14, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
>>>> Remove unneded blank lines between switch clauses.
>>>
>>> "Unneeded" based on what? We're carefully trying to improve
>>> readability of
>>> large switch() statements by adding such blank lines (at least)
>>> between non-
>>> fall-through case blocks, and you go and remove them?
>>>
>>> Jan
>>
>> I wrote that based on this earlier suggestion [1]. If I misunderstood
>> the suggestion, then I apologize and feel free to strip them if you want.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/e40579ba-acae-4c11-bea1-a5b83208db10@xxxxxxxx/
> 
> I'm afraid I also can't figure out what that suggestion was supposed to
> be,

The main point of missing clarity there is that we still need to settle on
whether blank lines should also be between blocks where the earlier falls
through to the latter. Iirc you'd like to have blank lines in such cases
nevertheless, while I'd prefer to make the falling-through visually easy
to recognize by not putting blanks lines between the "fallthrough;" /
fall-through comment and the successive "case ...":.

Jan

> but we definitely do want to keep blank lines.  They're specifically
> for improved legibility.





 


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