linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Check for quoted strings broken across lines

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Message-ID: <20120203063435.GA15436@leaf>
Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:34:36 -0800
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Check for quoted strings broken across lines

On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 09:27:27PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> checkpatch already makes an exception to the 80-column rule for quoted
> strings, and Documentation/CodingStyle recommends not splitting quoted
> strings across lines, because it breaks the ability to grep for the
> string.  Rather than just permitting this, actively warn about quoted
> strings split across lines.
[...]
> v2: Add the "after open parenthesis" heuristic which almost completely
> eliminates non-user-visible strings, leaving only 12 in the entire
> kernel, versus thousands of correct matches.  Change "breaks
> greppability" to "breaks the ability to grep for the string".

Sorry, forgot to change "PATCH" to "PATCHv2" in the subject.

- Josh Triplett
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