Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:34:32 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), current@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com, peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au Subject: Re: indent(1) and style(9) (was: btokup() macro in sys/malloc.h) Message-ID: <199901281034.KAA93851@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:35:33 %2B0100." <199901280735.IAA08539@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> > >an example -- basically all places where, for efficiency reasons,
> > >the code tries to expand in-line various block, the depth of
> > >indentation pushes everything to the right end leaving only 20-30
> > >useful chars per line.
> >
> > See the Linux style guide (linux/Documentation/CodingStyle) for
> > strong opinions about this: "if you need more than 3 levels of
> > indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program".
> >
> > I almost agree.
>
> in userland, probably me too. In the kernel, i am not so sure.
What's the difference ? I've heard people suggesting the opposite in
the past - ``low level code is long and thin, high level code is
wider''. But the kernel isn't the only place you find low level code.
> luigi
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