From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, gregkh@linux-foundation.org,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] checkpatch: Make the 80-character limit a --strict check only
References: <20131007191835.GA28737@jtriplet-mobl1>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:40:53 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20131007191835.GA28737@jtriplet-mobl1> (Josh Triplett's message
	of "Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:18:43 -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

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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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