Re: Trailing periods in kernel messages

From: Lennart Sorensen
Date: Fri Dec 21 2007 - 10:54:44 EST


On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:43:04PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Documentation/Coding Style
>
> Chapter 13: Printing kernel messages
>
> Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.

'do not have to' does not mean 'should not'. So the suggested patch
is wrong no matter what.

Prints of data and various tables would look silly with a period, but
sentences look better with it.

--
Len Sorensen
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