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Daniel Stenberg
2026-08-27
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CODE_STYLE.md: describe how we write typecasts
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| @@ -208,6 +208,17 @@ complement = ~bits; | |
| empty = (!*string) ? TRUE : FALSE; | |
| ``` | |
| + | ## No space following typecasts |
| + | |
| + | As far as possible, we write code to avoid typecasts. When we do use them, We |
| + | write typecasts "glued" to the following expression, with no space after the |
| + | closing parenthesis: |
| + | |
| + | ```c |
| + | int value = (int)foobar; |
| + | char *ptr = (char *)random_func(); |
| + | ``` |
| + | |
| ## No parentheses for return values | |
| We use the 'return' statement without extra parentheses around the value: | |