Messages in this thread | | | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts: kernel-doc: transform documentation into POD | Date | Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:04:09 -0700 |
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Tomasz Warniełło <tomasz.warniello@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:04:53 +0200 > Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.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
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