Re: [PATCH, v2] checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentation, remove 80col warning

Pekka Enberg
2012-02-04T18:54:46Z

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> There are some truly _ugly_ > 80 char lines that
> people attempt where checkpatch should issue some
> "don't do that" message.

The practical downsides of the current warning are much more severe. I
personally don't use checkpatch much these days because of the silly
fixed limit.