Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:04:49 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: checkpatch guide for newbies |
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 04:57:32AM +0200, Alexander Holler wrote: > Am 26.09.2013 04:52, schrieb Alexander Holler: > > > I'm aware of people which do nest 8 levels deep just to avoid a return, > > break or goto. > > > > But trying to limit that by limiting the line length is like ... > > (choose your own own misguided comparison, it's too late for me I > > currently only meorize some of those which don't make sense in english) > > But I'm still able to offer a solution: ;) > > limit the number of tabs, not the line length (at least not to 80).
With that limited (and it's visually harder to keep track of), what's the problem with 80-column limit on line length? Just how long do you want those "descriptive names" to be?
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