Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] MIPS: cpu-probe: move fpu probing/handling into its own file

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> >   Umm, this has formatting issues with lines extending beyond column #80.
> 
>    80 columns are no longer a line length limit -- 100 is, IIRC.

 I don't think anything has changed here:

"The preferred limit on the length of a single line is 80 columns.

"Statements longer than 80 columns should be broken into sensible chunks,
unless exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does
not hide information."

-- from Documentation/process/coding-style.rst, "Breaking long lines and 
strings".

 And if it were to change anytime, then I think it would make sense for 
such a new rule to apply to new files only.  I would be strongly against 
it anyway, as the human's capability to parse lines has not changed when 
it comes to the quantity of characters easily processed at once: the angle 
spanned by eyes is hardwired.  For this reason the GNU toolchain projects 
keep the limit even lower, at 74 columns (after extensive discussions).

  Maciej