Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Please fix or revert: [PATCH] checkpatch: add --strict tests for braces, comments and casts | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:34:47 -0600 |
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On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 22:26 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > 1) It's butt ugly and it violates every basic principle of > typography. Saving a line is often counter-productive, a > well placed whitespace (vertical or horizontal) will often > increase readability. Key is good balance.
True enough.
> If you don't "see" it as ugly it's simply because your brain > is not wired up to see 3D/2D geometry as a significant > source of information. A significant portion (I'd > guesstimate a narrow majority) of kernel hackers *does* see > 2D/3D layout details in code and finds inconsistencies in > them counterproductive.
I believe there's an empty hat somewhere that must have produced this email.
I rather doubt anyone "sees" 3d geometries out of a coding style. Otherwise, cite please...
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