linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: transform documentation into POD

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Message-ID: <87bl0sziva.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:04:09 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: transform documentation into POD

Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@...il.com> writes:

> On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:04:53 +0200
> Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> In kernel, tabs are 8 characters.
>> 
>> See Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>> 
>
> I am a heretic then.
>
> Except for the initial dogma, I understand and agree with the rationale
> in coding-style.rst.
>
> Only what if I have stared at the screen not for 20 hours, but for
> 40 hours? Now I want to have indentation even deeper, of 16 spaces.
> And how do I get this having 8 spaces here and there instead of tabs?
> The system begins to fall apart.
>
> The misleading statement is that tabs are 8 characters long. No. They
> are exactly 1 character long. And that's ASCII 9.

This is not particularly helpful.

I would like to get your work in, but need some cooperation to get
there.

Please:

 - Post your patch series as a single thread with a coherent cover
   letter.

 - Stick with current coding conventions

 - Avoid snide comments to reviewers.

Thanks,

jon