Documentation/CodingStyle: flesh out if-else examples

There is a missing case for "Chapter 3: Placing Braces and Spaces". We often know we should not use braces where a single statement. The first case is: if (condition) action(); Another case is: if (condition) do_this(); else do_that(); However, I can not find a description of the second case. Signed-off-by: Harry Wei <[email protected]> Cc: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do.
 if (condition)
 	action();
 
+and
+
+if (condition)
+	do_this();
+else
+	do_that();
+
 This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single
 statement. Use braces in both branches.