Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 00:58:39 +0200
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
       Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5 Documentation/CodingStyle ANSI C function declarations.
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On Fri, 30 May 2003 23:55:04 +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> 
> FWIW, I'd ran Lindent maybe 10 times or so - only in truly appalling cases
> when it hurts just looking at the code (drivers/block/paride, mostly - just
> take a look at it in 2.4).  Usually it's more of "I change that function;
> might as well reindent it" and it's done manually.

A policy that I like.  Ugly code is a big red flag that noone with
taste looked at this function in a while.  Handle with care and watch
your back.

J?rn

-- 
Fancy algorithms are buggier than simple ones, and they're much harder
to implement. Use simple algorithms as well as simple data structures.
-- Rob Pike
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