linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] intel-rng: Undo mess made by an 80 column extremist

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2007 21:25:34 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] intel-rng: Undo mess made by an 80 column extremist

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:08:32PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> My big concern with the 80-column rule is that it discourages commenting.

My concern with that logic is that encourages random, super-wide code
lines that varies with each coder.  You are left to the mercy of he with
the widest text window.

The 80-column rule is good as a general guideline, though there are
obvious exceptions.  Comments IMO are not one of them.  That rapidly
creates unreadable code.

	Jeff

-
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/