Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:12:55 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:15:32 -0800

> No-period is a kernel idiom, produces perfectly readable output, I have
> never ever heard of anyone expressing the least concern over a lack of dots
> at the end of their printks and 91% of kernel code agrees.

I have never heard of a compiler expressing the least concern over
whitespace and other aspects of coding style.
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