Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:33:01 -0500 | From | Eli Carter <> | Subject | Re: Coding standards. (Was: Re: [PATCH] [2.5] Non-blocking write can block) |
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Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] J?rn Engel wrote: > > >>In the case of the kernel, there is quite a bit of horrible coding >>style. But a working device driver for some hardware is always better >>that no working device driver for some hardware, and if enforcing the >>coding style more results is scaring away some driver writers, the >>style clearly loses. > > > There's no such a thing as "horrible coding style", since coding style is > strictly personal. Whoever try to convince you that one style is better > than another one is simply plain wrong. Every reason they will give you to > justify one style can be wiped with other opposite reasons. The only > horrible coding style is to not respect coding standards when you work > inside a project.
I beg to differ: http://www0.us.ioccc.org/2001/anonymous.c ;)
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