Ask HN: Which C style do you use?

3 points by crocarneiro 5y ago ↗ HN

Just for statistics, which C coding style do you use and why (if there is a reason other than just personal preference)? The Indian Hill Style (https://archive.org/details/indian-hill-c-style), the Linux Kernel Style (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html), other, your own style?

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lucasgonze 5y ago ↗

Kernighan and Ritchie, of course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language

Example: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Hello_Wo...

youngtaff 5y ago ↗

My preference is Allman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation_style#Allman_style

But I tend to use K&R or what ever the project I'm working on uses as no-one else uses Allman

floxy 5y ago ↗

Yes, Allman is the correct choice. With indents being 4 spaces and no tab characters.