Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:27:58 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Increase the line length limit from 80 to 100 colums |
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On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > The overwhelming majority of kernel developers have stopped > using 80 col terminals years ago.
Quite frankly, I think we should still keep it at 80 columns.
The problem is not the 80 columns, it's that damn patch-check script that warns about people *occasionally* going over 80 columns.
But usually it's bettre to have the *occasional* 80+ column line, than try to split it up. So we do have lines that are longer than 80 columns, but that's not because 100 columns is ok - it's because 80+ columns is better than the alternative.
So it's a trade-off. Thinking that there is a hard limit is the problem. And extending that hard limit (and thinking that it's "ok" to be over 80 columns) is *also* a problem.
So no, 100-char columns are not ok.
Linus
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