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

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Message-ID: <1436369412.2682.78.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:30:12 -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 14:16 +0200, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> The answer seems easy to me: as much as it's needed to get the best
> readability.
> If that means 4 or 2 custom formatted lines, great. Why not?

Changing styles every few lines demands more
from a reader's pattern matching capabilities.

> It should be the maintainer's call anyway. It's (s)he who has to work
> with the code in question most.

True.


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