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[v2,2/5] Documentation: clarify indentation style for C preprocessor directives

Message ID e3baf012344df07a464dba997e8e32f521c8c195.1722323818.git.ps@pks.im (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 7df3f55b92ef39239b7b84fee6b89a87a304a58f
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Series Documentation: some coding guideline updates | expand

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Patrick Steinhardt July 30, 2024, 7:24 a.m. UTC
In the preceding commit, we have settled on using a single space per
nesting level to indent preprocessor directives. Clarify our coding
guidelines accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
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 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 10 ++++++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 1d92b2da03..65fba3b810 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -214,6 +214,16 @@  For C programs:
  - We use tabs to indent, and interpret tabs as taking up to
    8 spaces.
 
+ - Nested C preprocessor directives are indented after the hash by one
+   space per nesting level.
+
+	#if FOO
+	# include <foo.h>
+	# if BAR
+	#  include <bar.h>
+	# endif
+	#endif
+
  - We try to keep to at most 80 characters per line.
 
  - As a Git developer we assume you have a reasonably modern compiler