linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0709292034460.3579@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:35:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
cc:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates



On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> 
> I kind of meant the *maintainers* couldn't whine about things not in 
> CodingStyle ;)

No, I understood you.

I'm personally of the opinion that the automated style checking, and 
having detailed rules is always a mistake. 

It's *much* better to teach people the big things. And the small things 
will vary from person to person _anyway_, so it's not like you can really 
document them.

		Linus
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