Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Dec 20 2007 - 19:58:24 EST


On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:04:10 -0800
Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 22:08 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I do not believe "opinions" are relevant here. Relevant would be cites
> > from respected style guides (Fowlers, Oxford Guide To Style et al.) to
> > show they do not need a full stop.
> > I've not found one, but I am open to references.
>
> What exactly is a guide other than an opinion?
> I believe log entries are not exactly literature.
> How does Fowler's applies to logs?

Its the closest thing there is to a definitive reference to the English
language as a whole.

Alan
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