style(9) question

[Dmitry Pryanishnikov]

Hello!

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Colin Percival wrote:
>> I can't really think of a good reason
>> for return (foo) over return foo
>
> I'm not sure if this qualifies as a *good* reason, but
> writing "return (foo)" is more consistent with other
> keyword usage: "if (foo)", "for (foo)", "while (foo)",
> "switch (foo)".

  OTOH, our style doesn't recommend parentheses after "case" and type names; 
indeed,

int (i);
extern char (j);

case ('1'):

looks ugly despite being perfectly legal (at least from GCC's POV).


Sincerely, Dmitry
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