[shortstuffsushi]

I'm seeing in the source that the author prefers

type

methodName(args...)

Is this a common C-ism? I'm not familiar with this code style.

[mratzloff]

GNU style.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_coding_standards

[dfox]

GNU style is mostly about the funny and ugly indentation of braces.

Return type on separate line is shared by many other coding styles.

[mratzloff]

Sure. It’s an illustrative example that it’s a common C style.

[nachexnachex]

It is. It allows to search for function declarations with the regex '^[^( ]+[(]' (or similar) -- while more common in the past, many have adopted it and keep using it.

Personally I've come to find it nice to read, particularly when you're returning complex, long types.