linux-kernel - Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

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Message-Id: <20071220.191255.265293332.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:12:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	elendil@...net.nl, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, apw@...dowen.org,
	joe@...ches.com, lizf@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, trivial@...nel.org, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	jschopp@...tin.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:15:32 -0800

> No-period is a kernel idiom, produces perfectly readable output, I have
> never ever heard of anyone expressing the least concern over a lack of dots
> at the end of their printks and 91% of kernel code agrees.

I have never heard of a compiler expressing the least concern over
whitespace and other aspects of coding style.
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