Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: allow single space before labels

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 06:37, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 06:30 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 06:21, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> > On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 04:24 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> >> feel free to extend however as long as the end result is no warnings
>> >> for " foo:" ;).
>> >
>> > I utterly detest those indented labels and am eradicating them wherever
>> > I notice them. There's really no sane reason to use them what so ever.
>> > Diff can be taught not to get confused about them, see my earlier email.
>>
>> sure, with enough shell code thrown at a problem, you can do anything.
>> Âthe change that started these warnings was for an unrelated check.
>> no one proposed warning on indented labels, nor is there any statement
>> at all in the coding style on these.
>>
>> considering you highlighted the biggest reason (diff by default does
>> not handle them properly), i think that invalidates against your "no
>> sane reason" statement.
>
> I think telling people to change their diff rules (--show-c-function
> isn't default enabled either) is a lot better option than to uglify the
> source. These indented labels are totally annoying when reading code.

and that is your opinion on the matter.  mine happens to go the
opposite way.  i prefer the single space when reading code.
-mike
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