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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0912181137140.23738@hs20-bc2-1.build.redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:43:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
To: kevin granade <kevin.granade@...il.com>
cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
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
> Note: I'm not specifically arguing for keeping the 80-column rule, the
> project I work on uses 100 columns, and that's quite workable, but I
> haven't had any problem working with 80 columns as a limit either. I
> do however think that just removing the limit without replacing it
> with something better is a bad idea.
>
> -Kevin Granade
But think what happens when someone views that 100-char code on 80-char
terminal (or for example 94-char, that I used for some times too) ---
every second line will be wasted with just 20 characters on the left. On
the other hand, if you have unlimited line length, it will look better on
80-char terminal.
Mikulas
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