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SubjectRe: Plea: re-indent the kernel source
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In message <96Sep28.094407-0400_edt.112242-27463+766@vger.rutgers.edu>, you w
rite:
>as closest to your preferred style.
>And, yes, the Great Implementor made tab stops every 8 characters, but 8 is
>just TOO BIG for indentation. Your point about limiting nesting level to
>about 3 is generally valid, but there are _lots_ of places in the Linux
>kernel where the nexting level is higher than that (bdflush is one of these).
> So I'd request using just plain "-kr" rather than "-kr -i8".
>

I like 8...do we use tabs or spaces?

I agree a uniform indenting is helpful...I also think chopping lines to
80 characters is useful (especially these /*************************/ lines)


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