linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Yes. Finally remove '-Wdeclaration-after-statement'

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Message-ID: <04721d8183af49b793952d2d63c72add@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:40:00 -0000
From:   Michael Witten <mfwitten@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Yes. Finally remove '-Wdeclaration-after-statement'

Joe Perches (Sun, 16 Aug 2020 10:56:53 -0700):

> On Mon, 2020-08-17 at 03:37 +0000, Michael Witten wrote:
>> Matters  of style  should  probably not  be enforced  by
>> the  build infrastructure;  style  is a  matter for  the
>> maintainer to enforce:
>
> I rather doubt style advice  should be taken from someone
> who right justifies fixed pitch block text.
>
> cheers, Joe

Clearly, I never offered style advice.

Indeed, the very first sentence I wrote in this thread was:

  > This is not just a matter of style; this is a matter of
  > semantics[.]

Sincerely,
Michael Witten

As an  aside, the  venerable 'man' program  justifies fixed
pitch text, at least by default.