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Message-ID: <4668AC10.9060305@zytor.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:08:32 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
CC: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, akpm@...l.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] intel-rng: Undo mess made by an 80 column extremist
Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> I personally buy the argument that 80 cols helps remind people that they've
>> used too many indentation depths and should redesign their code.
>> I think it's
>> a good thing to stick to where possible, even if just from a design
>> perspective.
>
> How many is too many? A function with 2 "if" means 3 tabs = 24 characters
> for just indentation. Add a printk(KERN_DEBUG "\n"); and you can print
> ca. 30 characters without having to break the string. This is crazy.
>
My big concern with the 80-column rule is that it discourages commenting.
-hpa
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