[LLVMdev] lld coding style

Rui Ueyama ruiu at google.com
Mon Oct 6 15:48:16 PDT 2014


On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Renato Golin <renato.golin at linaro.org>
wrote:

> On 6 October 2014 22:58, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:
> > The only case where this makes sense (that I’m aware of) is libc++,
> given that it is a very different (and highly constrained) domain.  I think
> that lld and lldb following different coding standards is a serious bug,
> which increases friction within the community.
>
> That seems to be the general feeling, yes.
>
>
> >  I’d support progressively moving them to a style more similar to LLVM.
>
> What I suggested on my second paragraph. :)
>
> I personally think that complete code refactoring is a bit pointless.
> Then again, this is a decision to lld developers, I think.
>

Well, this may be my personal preference, but I don't like to keep the old
code in old style. Old code would be there untouched for years. LLD is
fortunately not a large project so it shouldn't be hard to convert it
entirely in one patch.


> cheers,
> --renato
>
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