From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, gregkh@linux-foundation.org,
Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] checkpatch: Make the 80-character limit a --strict check only
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:40:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87txgszrmi.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131007191835.GA28737@jtriplet-mobl1> (Josh Triplett's message of "Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:18:43 -0700")
Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> writes:
> The 80-character limit is not a hard-and-fast rule, nor should it be
> applied blindly by people running checkpatch and fixing its warnings.
> Sometimes it's better to violate the 80-character "limit" in the name of
> readability, and when it isn't, it's often better to refactor into a
> function or otherwise restructure the code rather than just finding
> increasingly awkward places to break lines.
Yes please!
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-07 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-07 19:18 Josh Triplett
2013-10-07 19:28 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-07 19:34 ` Josh Triplett
2013-10-07 19:38 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-08 2:08 ` Josh Triplett
2013-10-07 21:23 ` Al Viro
2013-10-07 21:33 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-07 21:41 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-07 19:50 ` Richard Weinberger
2013-10-07 21:40 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2013-10-08 4:13 ` Greg KH
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