Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: extend line continuation test

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri Nov 16 2012 - 02:02:29 EST


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Preprocessor directives and asm statements should be
> allowed to have a line continuation.

For preprocessor directives I agree.

But why do asm statements need it? They'r just strings, so just closing with
a double quote at the end of the first line, and opening again with a
double quote
on the next line works fine.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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