Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: extend line continuation test

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2012-11-16 at 08:02 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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.

I agree it does, but it's a pretty common existing style and
I want to avoid people submitting unnecessary "fix" patches.


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