Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:11:56 -0400 | From | "John Stoffel" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] intel-rng: Undo mess made by an 80 column extremist |
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Jeff> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 09:56:06PM -0400, John Stoffel wrote: >> Thinking about it more, I wonder if Krysztof is bitching more about >> the tab width of 8 characters? I know that it ticks me off,
Jeff> Even if he is, _that_ is definitely not getting changed.
Oh sure... I know that part is written in stone.
Jeff> That was the very first item Linus wrote in Jeff> Documentation/CodingStyle, and for good reasons.
I could argue that 4 spaces would be a better level, but it's a personal preference and not worth the battle.
Jeff> If code starts creeping way right due to indentation levels, Jeff> create a new function.
Sure... compilers are good, us humans haven't gotten much better, make it easier on us and harder on the computer.
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