On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 15:41 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > If you have time to make a proposal for all such rules, please go ahead. > > I don't have time for it just now. > > I don't know what kind of rules there are .. The 80 columns thing was > new to me. In general, every rule in CodingStyle that _can_ apply to plain text documents _should_ apply. There aren't very many that _can_ apply, however. The 80-column rule may be the only one. > > Yes, some examples, diagrams, samples, etc. are over 80 columns. > > It's not a diehard rule. > > With code it sort of is die hard , even tho the CodingStyle doesn't > specify it that way. It is _not_ diehard, at least not according to Linus. He has posted a couple of messages expressing his opinion that overall readability is more important than sticking rigidly to 80 columns. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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