On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:43:04PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > Documentation/Coding Style > > Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages > > Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period. 'do not have to' does not mean 'should not'. So the suggested patch is wrong no matter what. Prints of data and various tables would look silly with a period, but sentences look better with it. -- Len Sorensen -- 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/
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