Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:18:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:18:33 -0500 Received: from mail313.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.58.173]:27629 "EHLO imf13bis.bellsouth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:18:19 -0500 Message-ID: <3C07E984.B87C15A8@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:18:12 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.16 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Paul G. Allen" CC: "Linux kernel developer's mailing list" , "kplug-list@kernel-panic.org" , "kplug-lpsg@kernel-panic.org" Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue In-Reply-To: <3C07CCCD.EA5E340A@randomlogic.com> <3C07D669.6C234598@mandrakesoft.com> <3C07E6D3.89A648AB@randomlogic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Paul G. Allen" wrote: > It should not take "time" to discover the purpose of _any_ variable or > function, or file, whether newbie or not. The point of coding is to > solve a problem, not perform an excersise in deductive or logical > reasoning before the problem (which usually involves further logical > reasoning) can be solved. Part of the problem being solved by Linux kernel code is efficient long term maintenance and efficient peer review. Overly verbose code does not solve these problems. Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Only so many songs can be sung Building 1024 | with two lips, two lungs, and one tongue. MandrakeSoft | - nomeansno - 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/