linux-kernel - Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

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Message-ID: <20071221155434.GI2310@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:54:34 -0500
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, trivial@...nel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:43:04PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Documentation/Coding Style
> 
> 		Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
> 
> Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.

'do not have to' does not mean 'should not'.  So the suggested patch
is wrong no matter what.

Prints of data and various tables would look silly with a period, but
sentences look better with it.

--
Len Sorensen
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