Re: [PATCH 03/10] staging: wfx: format comments on 100 columns

Jeff Johnson
2022-03-01T17:13:11Z

On 2/28/2022 5:12 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-02-25 at 12:23 +0100, Jerome Pouiller wrote:
>> From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>
>>
>> A few comments were not yet formatted on 100 columns.
>
> IMO, none of these changes are necessary or good changes.
>
> 80 columns is preferred.
>
> Really comments should most always use 80 columns, and
> only occasionally should code be more than 80 columns
> and almost never should code be more than 100 columns.

That was my reaction as well. Just because we've relaxed rules so that
we *can* exceed 80 columns, it doesn't mean we *should*, and definitely
doesn't mean we should *strive* to do so.