if/for/while test) and are preceded by a space. The opening brace of
functions is the exception, and starts on a new line.
-* Comments are always C-style /* */ block comments. They should start
- with a capital letter and generally be written in complete
- sentences. Public library functions are documented immediately
- before their prototype in lib/notmuch.h. Internal functions are
- typically documented immediately before their definition.
+* Opening parens also cuddle, even if the first argument does not fit
+ on the same line.
+
+* Ternary operators that span a line should be parenthesized like as
+ "a ? (\n b ) : c". This is mainly to keep the indentation tools
+ happy.
+
+* Comments are always C-style /* */ block comments, with a leading *
+ each line. They should start with a capital letter and generally be
+ written in complete sentences. Public library functions are
+ documented immediately before their prototype in lib/notmuch.h.
+ Internal functions are typically documented immediately before their
+ definition.
* Code lines should be less than 80 columns and comments should be
wrapped at 70 columns.