[bind10-dev] a bikeshed style question: parenthesize return values?
Evan Hunt
each at isc.org
Wed Jun 23 18:33:14 UTC 2010
> So, how can we move forward from here? I hope we basically at least
> agree the style should be consistent within BIND 10. Evan and Michael
> have a relatively stronger preference for "adding parentheses
Observation: the people who have been using parens in BIND 10 code--you,
me and Michael--are exactly the people still spending a significant amount
of our time working on BIND 9. We're the ones who'd notice consistency
issues between the two code bases; we're also the ones who have to shift
gears.
In my non-ISC code I've generally used parens only if it improved clarity,
as in:
return (a == b);
But not in:
return NULL;
So I'm okay with whatever the group settles on. But since I do still work
with BIND 9, I prefer to keep things consistent unless there's a reason to
change. I haven't heard a reason yet, except for "laziness"--which is
a goal I wholeheartedly support, but IMHO it doesn't outweigh the benefits
of consistency in this case. :)
eh
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