policy/style clarification

[Levi Bard]

I have a quick question regarding policy/style of patches.  Is it
acceptable to submit patches to bring code in line with the policies
described in HACKING?  For example, replacing a large number of `if (
!blah || !foo ) return;` with `g_return_if_fail(blah && foo);` , or
`if(blah) free(blah);` with `g_free(blah);` ?  Or is this pedantic and
unhelpful?

Levi