linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:44:31 +0800
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	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

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:31:27PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>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.
>

I find things about coding style can easily lead to flamewars anywhere.

Maybe this patch is considered harmful as goto statements once were. ;-p

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