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

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Message-ID: <20091214011642.GA3143@verge.net.au>
Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:16:45 +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 Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 04:43:19PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 12/13/09 16:33, Simon Horman wrote:
> >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.
> 
> I think a folding editor can fold them out, so you can just expand
> the area you're interested in.  Or something.  The point is that it
> is formatting that was presumably put there by the original author.
> Unless they're actually upsetting something, I'd be inclined to
> leave them.

Point taken.

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