linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2]kernel: remove mess codes

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Message-ID: <20091214003320.GA29218@verge.net.au>
Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:33:20 +1100
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	liu weni <qingshenlwy@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2]kernel: remove mess codes

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:04:48PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 12/12/09 22:55, liu weni wrote:
> >I found some mess characters(0x0c) in the kernel source code.
> >Then I suggest remove it.
> 
> Those are form-feed characters.   Some editors use them to separate
> logically distinct blocks of code into separate "pages".

I can see their value in documentation, but I struggle to imagine
their usefulness in code.

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