Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756349AbYB0VeO (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:34:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753948AbYB0Vd6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:33:58 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:58465 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750929AbYB0Vd5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:33:57 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=rSZ43qHZUulcS2X976XKCkwaEZLMG3aG4Alf/JO+oLaue2u7SaWHRC1dC/vahjvCUOFP0jLH/ZotpYcQDswWXktCpBMgNPn9SDQHvXjh/kYl9/PxxAWz5VAmnCCDUmS7yGV5VmjA8byeAnuymp9nG0uFWg9AZUCCqlcle3qwOjs= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:33:54 -0500 From: "Bob Copeland" To: "Richard Knutsson" Subject: Re: [RFC] CodeStyle: Use spaces when aligning/decorating Cc: "Randy Dunlap" , khc@pm.waw.pl, bhalevy.lists@gmail.com, jengelh@computergmbh.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <47C48FD8.5040205@student.ltu.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1204062430.47c488def40a4@portal.student.luth.se> <20080226135444.f83a0536.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <47C48FD8.5040205@student.ltu.se> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 382c0b0e3ccbe19f Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 826 Lines: 19 > > FWIW I prefer the {deleted} language. // PI = 3; > > > Well, actually I like it too. But I think it should be up to the > programmer which setting to use + it seems some people have really taken > this to heart, going from 'tab => 8 characters wide' to '8 spaces => > tab', obscuring tab's position as a 'logical indention'. Well, no one's saying that you can't configure your editor any way you want. The tabs=8 is a good cue for the 80-column rule, though. IMO, CodingStyle used to be a good, funny read and now it's just simply full of boring pedantic laws. -Bob -- 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/