linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Drop 80-character limit in checkpatch.pl

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Message-ID: <20091217233520.GH18217@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:35:20 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drop 80-character limit in checkpatch.pl

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:29:25PM -0500, Mikulas Patocka wrote:

> No. If someone wrote an expression too long to be understood, he will not 
> understand it when maintaining his code, he burns himself and he will 
> eventually learn to not write such long expressions. Or ... if he 
> understands it, there is no problem with it.

Yes, there is.  Somebody else trying to find a bug.  And having to
figure out which of five unfamiliar pieces of code is likelier
candidate.

> There is no need to make a script for it. The script isn't so smart to 
> tell what is understandable and what is nto.

Oh, definitely.  No arguments on that one...
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