Difference between revisions of "Code Formatting Conventions"

Code Formatting Conventions (view source)

244 bytes removed , 23:40, 21 April 2018

Update convention for empty loops as discussed on -devel

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 </source>
-'''Semicolons preceded by a space character, if it ends an empty loop body'''
+'''Mandatory ''{}'' for empty ''for''/''while'' loops'''
-It should also contain a comment to make it clear that the loop is intentionally empty.
 <source lang="cpp">
-while (i < length - 1 && array[++i] != item) ; // Look for index of item with an empty loop
+while (i < length - 1 && array[++i] != item);   // bad
-</source>
+while (i < length - 1 && array[++i] != item) {} // good
-The following syntax is also acceptable:
-<source lang="cpp">
-while (i < length - 1 && array[++i] != item)
-	; //this loop is intentionally empty
 </source>