Jan wrote: > (Find source files, expand tab chars to their on-screen length, print if > >= 80, count lines)
The bulk of the longest lines are in the sound and drivers subtrees. One example on the "high end", with 546 chars in one line: == drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c: %2d %5d %5d %5d %5d %5d %5d %5d %5d %5d\n", TargetID, TargetStatistics[TargetID].CommandAbortsRequested, TargetStatistics[TargetID].CommandAbortsAttempted, TargetStatistics[TargetID].CommandAbortsCompleted, TargetStatistics[TargetID].BusDeviceResetsRequested, TargetStatistics[TargetID].BusDeviceResetsAttempted, TargetStatistics[TargetID].BusDeviceResetsCompleted, TargetStatistics[TargetID].HostAdapterResetsRequested, TargetStatistics[TargetID].HostAdapterResetsAttempted, TargetStatistics[TargetID].HostAdapterResetsCompleted); == Clearly, it would be unrepresentative of certain coding styles in drivers and sound to claim they closely followed an 80 column constraint. Perhaps the spacing guide should acknowledge this, with some qualification such as: The core kernel code (as apposed to some driver code) tends to keep source line lengths below 80 columns. When changing such code, respect the line length constraints of nearby code. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.925.600.0401 - 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/