Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264543AbTFIREX (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:04:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264544AbTFIREX (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:04:23 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:55168 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264543AbTFIREU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:04:20 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:15:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Coding standards. (Was: Re: [PATCH] [2.5] Non-blocking write can block) In-Reply-To: <20030609163959.GA13811@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Message-ID: References: <20030604065336.A7755@infradead.org> <3EDE0E85.7090601@techsource.com> <20030607001202.GB14475@kroah.com> <3EE4B4C3.80902@techsource.com> <20030609163959.GA13811@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1392 Lines: 29 On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] J?rn Engel wrote: > In the case of the kernel, there is quite a bit of horrible coding > style. But a working device driver for some hardware is always better > that no working device driver for some hardware, and if enforcing the > coding style more results is scaring away some driver writers, the > style clearly loses. There's no such a thing as "horrible coding style", since coding style is strictly personal. Whoever try to convince you that one style is better than another one is simply plain wrong. Every reason they will give you to justify one style can be wiped with other opposite reasons. The only horrible coding style is to not respect coding standards when you work inside a project. This is a form of respect for other people working inside the project itself, give the project code a more professional look and lower the fatigue of reading the project code. Jumping from 24 different coding styles does not usually help this. I do not believe professional developers can be scared by a coding style, if this is the coding style adopted by the project where they have to work in. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/