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diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index acb2f1b36350..17a8e584f15f 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -84,15 +84,20 @@ Get a decent editor and don't leave whitespace at the end of lines. Coding style is all about readability and maintainability using commonly available tools. -The limit on the length of lines is 80 columns and this is a strongly -preferred limit. - -Statements longer than 80 columns will be broken into sensible chunks, unless -exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does not hide -information. Descendants are always substantially shorter than the parent and -are placed substantially to the right. The same applies to function headers -with a long argument list. However, never break user-visible strings such as -printk messages, because that breaks the ability to grep for them. +The preferred limit on the length of a single line is 80 columns. + +Statements longer than 80 columns should be broken into sensible chunks, +unless exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does +not hide information. + +Descendants are always substantially shorter than the parent and are +are placed substantially to the right. A very commonly used style +is to align descendants to a function open parenthesis. + +These same rules are applied to function headers with a long argument list. + +However, never break user-visible strings such as printk messages because +that breaks the ability to grep for them. 3) Placing Braces and Spaces |