Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:19:49 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Find CamelCase definitions of
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 08:35:44AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

> We disagree.

Obviously.

> I think Propercase should be discouraged.
> ie: Qdisc et al.

Excuse me, but "Joe happens to think that something should be discouraged"
is not a problem.  "Joe uses checkpatch.pl as force multiplier, recruiting
hundreds of monkeys to enforce his personal preferences", OTOH, very much is.

You are calling for ban on any mixed-case identifiers.  I see at least three
cases where they can be legitimate:
	* labels a-la Enomem, etc.  I've been using those and I will
keep doing so, checkpatch.pl and its users be damned.
	* enum members, to distinguish those from defines (first letter
capitalized vs. all-caps).
	* (local) typedefs for structs; I really don't like their use for
anything non-local, but IMO they have their uses in cases like e.g.
fs/binfmt_misc.c
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