Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:14:37 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Drop 80-character limit in checkpatch.pl |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Américo Wang wrote: > > I like this patch, this is actually what I wanted to do.
I have nothing against a switch, but it had better default to off.
The whole 80-char limit is insane. It results in insane "fixes". Just about every time somebody "improves" a patch due to the warning, the result is worse than the original patch.
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