On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:31:27PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> >>> So, it seems that we can reach an agreement. Any other comments or >>> suggestions? >>> Or can someone ack/merge this patch? >> >> Honestly, I think not reaching an agreement is a good thing. >> >> "style" is always ultimately in the eye of the beholder, and reasoned >> people come up with multiple answers to the same question. >> >> Sometimes it's better _not_ to set things in stone. "use your >> judgement" and "follow the existing style" go a long way. >> > >Indeed. Quite frankly, style guides would be a lot less obnoxious if >there weren't always people who felt the need to "correct" other >people's styles. That is usually a rather obnoxious thing to do, at >least as long as the code is reasonably clean to start out with. >
I find things about coding style can easily lead to flamewars anywhere. Maybe this patch is considered harmful as goto statements once were. ;-p - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
