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

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Message-ID: <15026.1191123561@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:39:21 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:27:24 BST, Al Viro said:

> ... and no matter how many rules you put down, it's still possible to
> write a code that will be awful stylistically while adhering to all of
> them.  Religiously.

I've run into those sort of programmers.  Unfortunately, there's no real
cure for them short of a baseball/cricket bat or similar implement.

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