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SubjectRe: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is fine
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:51:56 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:25:30 +0200 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
>
> > Remove a not particularly relevant rule from CodingStyle.
> > Sometimes, printing numbers in parentheses doesn't add value, but in
> > some (most?) cases it makes the message easier to read. As a matter of
> > fact, this practice is widely used in the kernel:
> >
> > linux-2.6.23-rc8$ quilt grep -I '(%l*[du])' | wc -l
> > 3166
> > linux-2.6.23-rc8$
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> > ---
> > Documentation/CodingStyle | 2 --
> > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- linux-2.6.23-rc8.orig/Documentation/CodingStyle 2007-07-23 16:44:32.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8/Documentation/CodingStyle 2007-09-28 23:53:23.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -638,8 +638,6 @@ concise, clear, and unambiguous.
> >
> > Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
> >
> > -Printing numbers in parentheses (%d) adds no value and should be avoided.
> > -
> > There are a number of driver model diagnostic macros in <linux/device.h>
> > which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device
> > and driver, and are tagged with the right level: dev_err(), dev_warn(),
>
> I wonder how that got there.

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Let's kill it, please. (i.e., ACK)

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