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Re: 79-column lines
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:18:31 -0500
- Subject: Re: 79-column lines
- References: <20120307000813.89AD22C0AF@topped-with-meat.com>
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
> I've recently fixed up a few ChangeLog entries that had lines of 80
> characters or more (in recent fresh commits).
>
> All source files in glibc must use lines of fewer than 80 characters.
> The only exceptions are when it's syntactically impossible to split a
> line for some reason. ?In the case of ChangeLog files, that would only
> occur when a single file's full name (i.e. relative name from the
> ChangeLog location) exceeds 69 characters, or when the sum of the
> length of a person's real name and email address exceeds 64 characters,
> or when an identifier named in an entry exceeds 69 characters. ?None of
> those cases has ever arisen before, and they seem unlikely.
>
> This rule will not change, so just accept it and move on whatever you
> might prefer.
>
> Please pay attention to the line lengths when reviewing a patch or when
> committing your own changes.
Thanks for the reminder Roland! :-)
Cheers,
Carlos.