Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753196AbZLRQw0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:52:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751873AbZLRQwY (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:52:24 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:55015 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751718AbZLRQwW (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:52:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:50:59 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Mikulas Patocka cc: kevin granade , Krzysztof Halasa , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Paul Mundt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alasdair G Kergon , dm-devel@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drop 80-character limit in checkpatch.pl In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20091217061229.GD3946@linux-sh.org> <24653.1261110557@localhost> <7004b08e0912180652p42777da3h70906f2fbdb60a69@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 953 Lines: 24 On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > But think what happens when someone views that 100-char code on 80-char > terminal (or for example 94-char, that I used for some times too) --- > every second line will be wasted with just 20 characters on the left. What kind of CRAZY crap argument is that? The current rule is 80 characters - but how many lines are actually even close to 80 characters long? Very few. So that "every second line" statement is pure and utter idiocy. Instead, what you get is totally the reverse: instead of wasting two lines _anyway_ due to a hard-newline, you often get a single line instead (since most of us don't work in 24x80 windows to begin with). Linus -- 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/