Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels

H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-05T02:33:20Z

Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>> So, it seems that we can reach an agreement. Any other comments or suggestions?
>> Or can someone ack/merge this patch?
>
> Honestly, I think not reaching an agreement is a good thing.
>
> "style" is always ultimately in the eye of the beholder, and reasoned
> people come up with multiple answers to the same question.
>
> Sometimes it's better _not_ to set things in stone. "use your
> judgement" and "follow the existing style" go a long way.
>

Indeed. Quite frankly, style guides would be a lot less obnoxious if
there weren't always people who felt the need to "correct" other
people's styles. That is usually a rather obnoxious thing to do, at
least as long as the code is reasonably clean to start out with.

-hpa