linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] defines modified to match the 80-char rule

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Message-ID: <1436170038.2682.7.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:07:18 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
Cc:	Mario Bambagini <mario.bambagini@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] defines modified to match the 80-char rule

On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 08:07 +0200, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:
> > Nah, you're not an extremist, you're just preferring narrowly
> > localized readability over global consistency.
> >
> > That's fine and all, until you come up to LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG
> > type use which blows the nice old formatting up.
> >
> > So what I suggested is just a simple consistency thing.
> 
> So, could we have the localized readability when it makes sense,
> and the default rules when nothing else applies?

Then the question becomes how local.

> OTOH I think the 80 columns rule should go.

I have no issue with that.
There should be some limit though.


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