Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] rust: macros: add authors

[Daniel Sedlak]

On 12/9/24 12:47 PM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM Daniel Sedlak <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think we could fight with the code formatting, because when it comes
> > to the rust macros, rustfmt is often very confused and we could end up
> > with variations like:
> >
> >          authors: ["author1", "author2",
> >                          "author3"]
> >
> > or
> >
> >          authors: [
> >                     "author1",
> >                     "author2",
> >                    ]
> >
> > and rustfmt would be totally ok with both of them.
>
> Yeah, that is a good point. There are hundreds of drivers with 2+
> authors, so this could indeed be an issue eventually.
>
> Having said that, we already have e.g. the `alias` and `firmware` keys
> that take a list, so I think we already have the potential issue, thus
> being consistent in our use of lists sounds simpler (unless we are
> discussing migrating those away too).

Ops, it did not occur to me, that we already have lists. I would propose 
to migrate them too, however it may be controversial.
> We could also try to mitigate the formatting issue via e.g.
> `checkpatch.pl` if needed.

That is true, it could be part of `checkpatch.pl`, however I would argue 
that if we can overcame the formatting problems by repeating the field, 
instead of modifying `checkpatch.pl`, then none code is better than some 
code (regarding modifying `checkpatch.pl`).

Thank you for feedback

Daniel