Re: [PATCH] defines modified to match the 80-char rule

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jul 08 2015 - 11:30:21 EST


On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 14:16 +0200, Krzysztof HaÅasa wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> So, could we have the localized readability when it makes sense,
> >> and the default rules when nothing else applies?
> >
> > Then the question becomes how local.
>
> The answer seems easy to me: as much as it's needed to get the best
> readability.
> If that means 4 or 2 custom formatted lines, great. Why not?

Changing styles every few lines demands more
from a reader's pattern matching capabilities.

> It should be the maintainer's call anyway. It's (s)he who has to work
> with the code in question most.

True.


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