Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: don't allow non-indented statements after if/else blocks

[Anthony Liguori]

Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> That's the problem. We have seen that people already take advantage of
> the ambiguities, as I would have never have imagined someone writing the
> code in the rationale of this patch to avoid putting braces.
>   

I appreciate the desire to be precise, but we aren't writing a compiler 
or an automated syntax checker.  We're writing a set of guidelines for 
reasonable people to follow.  If someone sets out to "defeat" 
CODING_STYLE by introducing some crazy syntax, the solution is 
simple--just don't take the patch.  Good sense must prevail regardless 
of what CODING_STYLE says.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori