[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2745) Change style guide to favor a++ instead of ++a

["Jason Short via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raimar Falke via RT wrote:

> Then split the patch and commit it in two parts.

Hrm, I missed the doc/ portion of the patch...

But I find the wording confusing.  You have:

   - Prefer the postfix operator if both (postfix and prefix) can be
     used. I.e. write "a++" instead of "++a".

I would write it as:

   - Use the postfix operator instead of the prefix operator when either
     will work.  That is, write "a++" instead of "++a".

although this could probably be better.

jason

Index: doc/CodingStyle
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RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/doc/CodingStyle,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 CodingStyle
--- doc/CodingStyle     2002/12/22 18:02:16     1.5
+++ doc/CodingStyle     2003/01/23 08:28:51
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@
     /* nothing */
   }
 
+- Use the postfix operator instead of the prefix operator when either will
+  work.  That is, write "a++" instead of "++a".
+
 - Order include files consistently:  First state all system include
   files with <> in alphabetic order, then all Freeciv include files
   with "", sorted by directory (common, server, ...) and then by