Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: CODING_STYLE (was Re: [PATCHv2] qemu: target library, use it in msix)

[Anthony Liguori]

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > We could also select a new style, like Linux kernel one. I'm also not
> > > a great fan of that either. But at least 'indent' could be used very
> > > easily and I think there would be other benefits, like reuse of Git
> > > hooks, patch checking scripts and Emacs configs. With full 'indent'
> > > support all sources could be massaged mechanically to make the switch
> > > less painful.
> > >
> > > Then there are K&R and GNU styles, but I like them even less.
> >
> > So ... Linux kernel style wins? What do others think?
>
> Linux kernel with 4-char indent?  That would avoid the need to run 
> indent (indent requires knowledge of all the names of the types, so a 
> mechanical pass through the sources is more easily said than done).

I strongly disagree with running indent against the source tree.  
Indentation is purely cosmetic and honestly is something people get too 
upset about.  Doing something like a flag day indent run would result in 
git annotate becoming more or less useless.

I prefer having tools that we can use to debug real code instead of 
worry about indentation.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori