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| Series | [RFC/PATCH] CodingGuidelines: spell out post-C89 rules | expand |
Junio C Hamano wrote: > Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy > features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after > trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. > > Spell them out. Thanks for this. It gives a place to advertise future weather balloons, too. [...] > --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > @@ -195,10 +195,24 @@ For C programs: > by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". > > - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, > - including old ones. That means that you should not use C99 > - initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it. > + including old ones. That means that you should not use certain C99 > + features, even if your compiler groks it. There are a few > + exceptions: > + > + . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum > + definition whose last element is followed by a comma. This is an interesting one: it's super convenient, but we have received patches every 10 years or so to remove the trailing comma --- e.g. https://public-inbox.org/git/20100311163235.GC7877@thor.il.thewrittenword.com/ I *think* these were motivated by wanting to be able to build Git with old compilers with pedantic warnings on, and certainly the last seven years of silence on the subject suggests it's okay. Should we be even more prescriptive and say that the last element should always be followed by a comma, for ease of later patching? > + > + . since mid 2017 with cbc0f81d and 512f41cf, we have been using > + designated initializers for struct and array. Can this include an example for the benefit of readers that don't know what a designated initializer is? E.g. . since mid 2017 with cb0f81d and 512f41cf, we have been using designated initializers for struct members ("{ .alloc = 1 }") and array members ("[5] = 0"). > + > + These used to be forbidden, but we have not heard breakage report, > + so they are assumed to be safe. nit: missing article "any" before "breakage reports". > > - - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block. > + - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block, before > + the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). > + > + - Declaring a variable in the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)" > + is still not allowed in this codebase. Nice. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Thanks.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:21 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote: > > Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy > features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after > trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. > > Spell them out. > > While at it, extend the existing variable declaration rule a bit to > read better with the newly spelled out rule for the for loop. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> > --- > Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > index 1169ff6c8e..53903b14c8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > @@ -195,10 +195,24 @@ For C programs: > by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". > > - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, > - including old ones. That means that you should not use C99 > - initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it. > + including old ones. That means that you should not use certain C99 > + features, even if your compiler groks it. There are a few > + exceptions: > > - - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block. > + . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum > + definition whose last element is followed by a comma. Is there a significance to the leading . here versus a leading - below? > + > + . since mid 2017 with cbc0f81d and 512f41cf, we have been using > + designated initializers for struct and array. > + > + These used to be forbidden, but we have not heard breakage report, > + so they are assumed to be safe. With the placement here, is it possible that someone might read the “These used to be forbidden” as applying to the items that follow after it, rather than the items that preceded it? Put a different way, could there be some value in having some additional verbiage here that indicates something along the lines of “Aside from those exceptions, other C99 features are not allowed. Some common examples are:” Just a thought. (Pardon the suggestion from the peanut gallery!) > + > + - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block, before > + the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). > + > + - Declaring a variable in the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)" > + is still not allowed in this codebase. > > - NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0. > >
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy >> features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after >> trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. >> >> Spell them out. > > Thanks for this. It gives a place to advertise future weather balloons, > too. > > [...] >> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines >> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines >> @@ -195,10 +195,24 @@ For C programs: >> by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". >> >> - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, >> - including old ones. That means that you should not use C99 >> - initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it. >> + including old ones. That means that you should not use certain C99 >> + features, even if your compiler groks it. There are a few s/it/them/ I think. >> + exceptions: >> + >> + . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum >> + definition whose last element is followed by a comma. > > ... Should we be even > more prescriptive and say that the last element should always be > followed by a comma, for ease of later patching? That is an interesting tangent. We have been taking advantage of the trailing comma for array initializers (e.g. options[] fed to parse_options() API)---we would gain similar convenience with it. >> + >> + . since mid 2017 with cbc0f81d and 512f41cf, we have been using >> + designated initializers for struct and array. > > Can this include an example for the benefit of readers that don't know > what a designated initializer is? I thought about it, but decided against it, because those who really want to are already given the commit object names to learn from, and in larger context. But if we are to split this into two bullet points (one for struct, one for array), I am OK to add an example to it while at it. Let me see how it looks like. >> + >> + These used to be forbidden, but we have not heard breakage report, >> + so they are assumed to be safe. > > nit: missing article "any" before "breakage reports". Thanks. -- >8 -- Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. Spell them out. While at it, extend the existing variable declaration rule a bit to read better with the newly spelled out rule for the for loop. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 32210a4386..bd4b7905d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -195,10 +195,30 @@ For C programs: by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, - including old ones. That means that you should not use C99 - initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it. + including old ones. You should not use features from newer C + standard, even if your compiler groks them. - - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block. + There are a few exceptions to this guideline: + + . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum + definition whose last element is followed by a comma. This, like + an array initializer that ends with a trailing comma, can be used + to reduce the patch noise when adding a new identifer at the end. + + . since mid 2017 with cbc0f81d, we have been using designated + initializers for struct (e.g. "struct t v = { .val = 'a' };"). + + . since mid 2017 with 512f41cf, we have been using designated + initializers for array (e.g. "int array[10] = { [5] = 2 }"). + + These used to be forbidden, but we have not heard any breakage + report, and they are assumed to be safe. + + - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block, before + the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). + + - Declaring a variable in the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)" + is still not allowed in this codebase. - NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0.
Bryan Turner <bturner@atlassian.com> writes: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:21 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy >> features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after >> trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. >> >> Spell them out. >> >> While at it, extend the existing variable declaration rule a bit to >> read better with the newly spelled out rule for the for loop. >> >> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> >> --- >> Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- >> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines >> index 1169ff6c8e..53903b14c8 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines >> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines >> @@ -195,10 +195,24 @@ For C programs: >> by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". >> >> - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, >> - including old ones. That means that you should not use C99 >> - initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it. >> + including old ones. That means that you should not use certain C99 >> + features, even if your compiler groks it. There are a few >> + exceptions: >> >> + . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum >> + definition whose last element is followed by a comma. > > Is there a significance to the leading . here versus a leading - below? Absolutely. - Item 1's description - Item 2's description . subitem a of 2 . subitem b of 2 These two subitems are exceptions. - Item 3's description was what I meant.
Junio C Hamano wrote: > -- >8 -- > Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy > features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after > trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. > > Spell them out. > > While at it, extend the existing variable declaration rule a bit to > read better with the newly spelled out rule for the for loop. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> > --- > Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Thanks.
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 1169ff6c8e..53903b14c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -195,10 +195,24 @@ For C programs: by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, - including old ones. That means that you should not use C99 - initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it. + including old ones. That means that you should not use certain C99 + features, even if your compiler groks it. There are a few + exceptions: - - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block. + . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum + definition whose last element is followed by a comma. + + . since mid 2017 with cbc0f81d and 512f41cf, we have been using + designated initializers for struct and array. + + These used to be forbidden, but we have not heard breakage report, + so they are assumed to be safe. + + - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block, before + the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). + + - Declaring a variable in the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)" + is still not allowed in this codebase. - NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0.
Even though we have been sticking to C89, there are a few handy features we borrow from more recent C language in our codebase after trying them in weather balloons and saw that nobody screamed. Spell them out. While at it, extend the existing variable declaration rule a bit to read better with the newly spelled out rule for the for loop. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)