linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] treewide: Fix line continuation formats

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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:17:29 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] treewide: Fix line continuation formats

On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 12:11 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 07:27 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Avoid using line continations in formats as that causes unexpected
> > output.
> 
> Is having lines greater than 80 characters the preferred method?

yes.

>  Could you add quotes before the backlash and before the first word on
> the next line instead?

coalesced formats are preferred.