Re: [PATCH v2 09/18] iio: afe: iio-rescale: Simplify with dev_err_probe()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 08:58, Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I'm not a huge fan of adding *one* odd line breaking the 80 column
> >> recommendation to any file. I like to be able to fit multiple
> >> windows side by side in a meaningful way. Also, I don't like having
> >> a shitload of emptiness on my screen, which is what happens when some
> >> lines are longer and you want to see it all. I strongly believe that
> >> the 80 column rule/recommendation is still as valid as it ever was.
> >> It's just hard to read longish lines; there's a reason newspapers
> >> columns are quite narrow...
> >>
> >> Same comment for the envelope-detector (3/18).
> >>
> >> You will probably never look at these files again, but *I* might have
> >> to revisit them for one reason or another, and these long lines will
> >> annoy me when that happens.
> >
> > Initially I posted it with 80-characters wrap. Then I received a comment
> > - better to stick to the new 100, as checkpatch accepts it.
> >
> > Now you write, better to go back to 80.
> >
> > Maybe then someone else will write to me, better to go to 100.
> >
> > And another person will reply, no, coding style still mentions 80, so
> > keep it at 80.
> >
> > Sure guys, please first decide which one you prefer, then I will wrap it
> > accordingly. :)
> >
> > Otherwise I will just jump from one to another depending on one person's
> > personal preference.
> >
> > If there is no consensus among discussing people, I find this 100 line
> > more readable, already got review, checkpatch accepts it so if subsystem
> > maintainer likes it, I prefer to leave it like this.
>
> I'm not impressed by that argument. For the files I have mentioned, it
> does not matter very much to me if you and some random person think that
> 100 columns might *slightly* improve readability.
>
> Quoting coding-style
>
>   Statements longer than 80 columns should be broken into sensible chunks,
>   unless exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does
>   not hide information.
>
> Notice that word? *significantly*

Notice also checkpatch change...

First of all, I don't have a preference over wrapping here. As I said,
I sent v1 with 80 and got a response to change it to 100. You want me
basically to bounce from A to B to A to B.

> Why do I even have to speak up about this? WTF?

Because we all share here our ideas...

> For the patches that touch files that I originally wrote [1], my
> preference should be clear by now.

I understood your preference. There is nothing unclear here. Other
person had different preference. I told you my arguments that it is
not reasonable to jump A->B->A->B just because each person has a
different view. At the end it's the subsystem maintainer's decision as
he wants to keep his subsystem clean.

Best regards,
Krzysztof