Re: [patch] more comment cleanups

Michael Snyder
2011-01-01T00:20:05Z

H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:00:48 -0800
>>> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
>>>
>>> Also break up some long lines.
>> Sorry Michael, but I don't think breaking up lines like that actually
>> improves the readability of the code. Many of those fit comfrotably
>> in standard 80-column display. By breaking them up they take up more
>> vertical space, which means that I can see less code.
>>
>
> FWIW, I prefer 72 column to show line numbers in 80 column terminal.

When we get new contributions, we don't allow them to go out to 80
columns. I'm just trying to apply the same standard to the old code.

But maybe I did go a bit overboard on some of this. I'll try to be more
restrained.

I'm being guided by where eMacs breaks up lines when I format a comment,
which is something like 72 columns.