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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0709291748160.3579@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:49:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 coding standards documentation/code updates 



On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Erez Zadok wrote:
> 
> Would you prefer if CodingStyle was reorganized or even split into (1)
> general principles and (2) details?  Perhaps we need a CodingStylePrinciples
> and a CodingStyleDetails?

I'm certainly ok with the split into two files.

What I'm not ok with is really important stuff (indentation), and then 
mixing in silly rules ("parenthesis are bad in printk's"?)

		Linus
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