Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] checkpatch: Make the 80-character limit a --strict check only | Date | Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:40:53 -0700 |
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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
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