On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:11:55 -0800
Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hmm, I guess that should be defined once and for all in
> > Documentation/CodingStyle
>
> I have some other CodingStyle changes to submit, but feel free
> to write this one up.
Starting labels in column 2 gives me the creeps, personally. But there's a
decent justification for it.
> However, I didn't know that we had a known style for this, other
> than "not indented so far that it's hidden".
>
> If a label in column 0 [0-based :] confuses patch, then that's
> a reason, I suppose. I wasn't aware of that one...
> In a case like that, we usually say "fix the tool then."
The problem is that `diff -p' screws up and displays the label: in the
place where it should be displaying the function name.
Of course, lots of people forget the -p anyway... Maybe we can fix those
tools ;)
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