[libvirt PATCH 4/4] docs: coding-style: One variable declaration per line

Tim Wiederhake twiederh at redhat.com
Fri Jan 14 14:51:16 UTC 2022


This was not mentioned before.

Signed-off-by: Tim Wiederhake <twiederh at redhat.com>
---
 docs/coding-style.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/coding-style.rst b/docs/coding-style.rst
index 14c5136398..e1ed34f764 100644
--- a/docs/coding-style.rst
+++ b/docs/coding-style.rst
@@ -600,6 +600,19 @@ calling another function.
         ...
     }
 
+Define variables on separate lines. This allows for smaller, easier to
+understand diffs when changing them. Define variables in the smallest
+possible scope.
+
+::
+
+  GOOD:
+    int x;
+    int y;
+
+  BAD:
+    int x, y;
+
 Attribute annotations
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-- 
2.31.1




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