[LinuxBIOS] flashrom: patch for jedec.c

[Uwe Hermann]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 11:06:43PM -0500, Corey wrote:
> > Our CodingStyle (borrowed from Linux) currently says that goto's
> > to an error exit path are allowed (preferred to other solutions,
> > actually).
> > 
> > Most other goto's are frowned upon of course.
> 
> Why exactly is this anyways? Pesonally, I agree with Peter that gotos
> make code much easier to follow, but I always learned that they were
> frowned upon, my C++ instructer in college refused to even teach about
> it (although he couldn't tell me why either). Also, you state
> "CodingStyle" as one word...is there a specific page/doc outlining what
> the preferred coding style is, or is it just a general consensus deal?

I've documented it in the wiki now:
http://www.linuxbios.org/Development_Guidelines#Coding_Guidelines

We just use the plain Linux coding style currently (or rather: in
future; most code in svn doesn't follow the coding style, yet).


Uwe.
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