[Openmcl-devel] CCL kernel coding style question

[R. Matthew Emerson]

> On May 1, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Ron Garret <ron at flownet.com> wrote:
> 
> The CCL kernel C code is written in this style
> 
> return_type
> function_name(args…)
> {
>  code…
> 
> Instead of what has always seemed to me to be the much more readable (and conservative of screen real estate):
> 
> return_type function_name(args) {
>  code…
> 
> Because I hold the CCL developers in the highest regard I thought I would ask: is there a reason you chose the first style over the second?

I wasn't there when it all started, but it's a common traditional style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_Normal_Form