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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2]kernel: remove mess codes
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:43:19 -0800 Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> On 12/13/09 16:33, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:04:48PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/12/09 22:55, liu weni wrote:
> >>
> >>> I found some mess characters(0x0c) in the kernel source code.
> >>> Then I suggest remove it.
> >>>
> >> Those are form-feed characters. Some editors use them to separate
> >> logically distinct blocks of code into separate "pages".
> >>
> > I can see their value in documentation, but I struggle to imagine
> > their usefulness in code.
> >
>
> I think a folding editor can fold them out, so you can just expand the
> area you're interested in. Or something. The point is that it is
> formatting that was presumably put there by the original author. Unless
> they're actually upsetting something, I'd be inclined to leave them.

and if someone prints them on paper, the form-feed character will cause
a, uh, form feed (new page).

---
~Randy


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