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FromHerbert Xu <>
SubjectRe: Trailing periods in kernel messages
DateFri, 21 Dec 2007 17:56:40 +0800
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> I do not believe "opinions" are relevant here. Relevant would be cites
> from respected style guides (Fowlers, Oxford Guide To Style et al.) to
> show they do not need a full stop. 
> 
> I've not found one, but I am open to references.

Well from where I come from, full stops are only used for complete
sentences.  For example,

http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/student/learning_support/generalguide/ch01s05s02.shtml

As to what is a complete sentence, that is debatable.  However,
typically it would include a subject and a predicate.  By this
rule the following line is not a complete sentence:

	[XFS] Initialise current offset in xfs_file_readdir correctly

The reason is that it lacks a subject.

Of course I would completely agree that some kernel messages
are complete sentences and should have a full stop.  However,
it is not clear to me that this is the case for all or even
most kernel printk messages.

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