linux-kernel - Re: Possible false positive in checkpatch

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:01:10 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Possible false positive in checkpatch

Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> writes:

> The recommendations it makes match the style of the whole, which new
> contributions should follow.

But there isn't any "style of the whole". Existing styles differ.
While I guess there is some agreement about the base (tab width,
mostly K&R, don't do "char* ptr" etc.), the rest are simply views of
single persons.
This is IMHO fine as long as it's useful for the community, but not
past this point.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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