linux-kernel - Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:43:33 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	trivial@...nel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

On Thursday 20 December 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
> The kernel printk messages are sentences.

I'm afraid that I completely and utterly disagree. Kernel messages are _not_ 
sentences. The vast majority is not well-formed and does not contain any of 
the elements that are required for a proper sentence.

The most kernel messages can be compared to is a rather diverse and sloppy 
enumeration. And enumerations follow completely different rules than 
sentences. It can better be characterized as a "semi-random sequence of 
context-sensitive technical messages".

IMHO the existing rule that "Kernel messages do not have to be terminated 
with a period." is completely justified, though it does need some minor 
clarification on the cases in which proper punctuation _should_ be 
followed.
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