On Thu, Jan 19 2006, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2006-01-19 at 17:17 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Documentation/CodingStyle says:
> >
> > The limit on the length of lines is 80 columns and this is a hard limit.
>
> Its so hard nobody follows it because in many places the results as Dave
> correctly points out are just stupid.
>
> Linux 2.6.16-rc1
> Number of files matching *.[c|h] : 15732
> Number with lines exceeding 80 columns : 6931
> As a percentage : 44%
>
> Fix the CodingStyle document instead
89% of all statistics are bogus, right? In those files, how many lines
are correctly wrapped even if some are > 80 chars?
I think the CodingStyle suggestion of 80 chars is just fine. I try to
stay within that, and I mostly succeed. The occasional over-the-line is
far better than advocation >> 80 chars per line imho.
--
Jens Axboe
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