Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 12:44:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Marcel Siegert <mws@linuxtv.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: add typedefs chapter
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On Tue, 2 May 2006, Marcel Siegert wrote:
>
> nack. something is a standard or something is not. black or white. grey isn't
> there.

Here's a saying for you:

	"Only stupid people are black or white. The real world isn't".

Anyway, look at the particular document we're talking about. We're talking 
about the kernel standard coding-style.

Within that one, 8-char tabs are standard. Within that one, "u8" is 
standard. Within that one, typedefs are frowned upon.

In other contexts, other things are standard. Live with it.

		Linus
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