[PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is fine

[Jean Delvare]

Remove a not particularly relevant rule from CodingStyle.
Sometimes, printing numbers in parentheses doesn't add value, but in
some (most?) cases it makes the message easier to read. As a matter of
fact, this practice is widely used in the kernel:

linux-2.6.23-rc8$ quilt grep -I '(%l*[du])' | wc -l
3166
linux-2.6.23-rc8$

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/CodingStyle |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.23-rc8.orig/Documentation/CodingStyle	2007-07-23 16:44:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc8/Documentation/CodingStyle	2007-09-28 23:53:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -638,8 +638,6 @@ concise, clear, and unambiguous.
 
 Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
 
-Printing numbers in parentheses (%d) adds no value and should be avoided.
-
 There are a number of driver model diagnostic macros in <linux/device.h>
 which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device
 and driver, and are tagged with the right level:  dev_err(), dev_warn(),


-- 
Jean Delvare
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