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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:31:27 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> CC: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >> So, it seems that we can reach an agreement. Any other comments or suggestions? >> Or can someone ack/merge this patch? > > Honestly, I think not reaching an agreement is a good thing. > > "style" is always ultimately in the eye of the beholder, and reasoned > people come up with multiple answers to the same question. > > Sometimes it's better _not_ to set things in stone. "use your > judgement" and "follow the existing style" go a long way. > Indeed. Quite frankly, style guides would be a lot less obnoxious if there weren't always people who felt the need to "correct" other people's styles. That is usually a rather obnoxious thing to do, at least as long as the code is reasonably clean to start out with. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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