On Mon, 9 June 2003 11:07:32 -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote:
>
> You know why the code you reported is *wrong* (besides from how
> techincally do things) ? Mixing lower and upper case, using long variable
> and function names, etc... are simply a matter of personal taste and you
> cannot say that such code is "absolutely" wrong. The code is damn wrong
> because it violates about 25 sections of the project's defined CodingStyle
> document, that's why it is wrong.
Call it as you may. Whether some style violates more sections of the
CodingStyle than exist in written form or it hurts the taste of 99% of
all developers ever having to tough it, my short form for that is "bad
style".
Point remains, there is a lot of "bad style" and inconsistency in the
kernel. But fixing all of it and keeping it fixed would result in a
lot of work and maybe a couple of device drivers less. For what gain?
Jörn
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