Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: recognize the #elif preprocessor directive

From: Andy Whitcroft
Date: Wed Jan 02 2008 - 04:50:26 EST


On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 12:12:22PM +0200, Benny Halevy wrote:
> checkpatch.pl does not recognize #elif as a preprocessor directive
> causing it to print bogus errors for, e.g.:
> ERROR: need consistent spacing around '&' (ctx:WxV)
> when the operator is not recognized as unary in this context.
>
> for example:
>
> void foo(void)
> {
> int x, y, z;
> void *p[1] = {
> #if defined(X)
> &x
> #elif defined(Y)
> &y
> #else
> &z
> #endif
> };
> }
>
> Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Yes, thanks; good catch. Commited this and added tests for it.
Will be in 0.13 which is imminent.

-apw
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