Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756702AbXITKND (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:13:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750792AbXITKMx (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:12:53 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:47948 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750737AbXITKMw (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:12:52 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:11:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig_Brady?= cc: Matt LaPlante , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A little coding style nugget of joy In-Reply-To: <46F23B77.40809@draigBrady.com> Message-ID: References: <20070919123401.9369534d.kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> <46F23B77.40809@draigBrady.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-2001575627-1190283081=:15327" X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1523 Lines: 40 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-2001575627-1190283081=:15327 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, P?draig Brady wrote: > Matt LaPlante wrote: > > Since everyone loves random statistics, here are a few gems to give you a break from your busy day: > > > > Number of lines in the 2.6.22 Linux kernel source that include one or more trailing whitespaces: 135209 > > Bytes saved by removing said whitespace: 151809 > > Lines in the (unified) diff: 455437 > > Size of the diff: 15M > > People brave enough to submit the patch: ~0 > > It's gradually getting better so: > http://lwn.net/2001/1129/a/whitespace.php3 and you wouldn't *believe* how much space you can save by getting rid of all that annoying indentation. and don't even get me *started* on those comments ... rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== --8323328-2001575627-1190283081=:15327-- - 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/