[asterisk-dev] Coding guidelines change (proposed)

[Sergey Tamkovich]

Tilghman Lesher ?????:
> I'd like to propose a change to the coding guidelines, and I'm airing it here
> for specific feedback before we make this change.  Currently, our standard
> is that if you have a single statement following an if/for/while construct,
> then we do not require parentheses around the single statement.  While this
> is legal C, it has caused a number of issues in the past, where another
> statement was added at that indentation level, but without adding the
> necessary braces.
>
> I'd like to change the coding guidelines that the braces are no longer
> optional; that they are mandatory, 
+1


> and if this change is approved, a janitor
> project will be posted shortly to convert legacy code to the new standard.
>   
-1

Too complex task, a lot of small changes - the great chance to add a new 
bugs. I think we shouldn't change existing (working) code intentionally. 
We should convert legacy code "as we go" - with other changes

> Are there any comments or objections before we implement this change?
>
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