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Re: [PATCH, RFA] Fix formatting for event-top.h
Mark Kettenis wrote:
>
> From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@cygnus.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:13:26 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Mark Kettenis writes:
> > While lacking some inspiration while writing about free electrons in a
> > magnetic field (the subject of my thesis) I fixed some formatting
> > mistakes in event-top.h. OK to check the attached patch in?
> >
> > Mark
> >
>
> Sure, thanks. Except I like better functions declarations on just one
> line, so I can see all the parameters when I do a grep, but maybe this
> is not compliant with the general rule? A quick look shows that I am
> probably wrong.
>
> Hmm. The GNU coding standards strongly suggest that one should break
> parameter lists if they don't fit on a single line, at least for
> function definitions. Personally I find those long lines very
> distracting when I'm using Emacs with 80 characters per line. So I
> checked it in :-).
I agree with Mark, I like long lines to be broken at a logical point
and the sub-lines neatly indented (rather than wrapping around my
screen at column 79 and beginning in column one).
Michael