On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 09:17 -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 12:11 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 07:27 -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > > Avoid using line continations in formats as that causes unexpected > > > output. > > > > Is having lines greater than 80 characters the preferred method? > > yes. > > > Could you add quotes before the backlash and before the first word on > > the next line instead? > > coalesced formats are preferred. In the future, please reference the commit 6f76b6fcaa60 "CodingStyle: Document the exception of not splitting user-visible strings, for grepping" thanks, Mimi