From dae1a9fdb5f85ebb1c72f7990959ffaa3003c769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Schneider Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:51:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.Coding: Add a boolean example we use very often Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider Reviewed-by: Ralph Boehme --- README.Coding | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.Coding b/README.Coding index 29bad1b1ffc..c4e9dfebf98 100644 --- a/README.Coding +++ b/README.Coding @@ -312,6 +312,17 @@ lib/replace/, new code should adhere to the following conventions: * Boolean values are "true" and "false" (not True or False) * Exact width integers are of type [u]int[8|16|32|64]_t +Most of the time a good name for a boolean variable is 'ok'. Here is an +example we often use: + + bool ok; + + ok = foo(); + if (!ok) { + /* do something */ + } + +It makes the code more readable and is easy to debug. Typedefs -------- -- 2.34.1