Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Find CamelCase definitions of struct/union/enum

[Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>]

Am 25.09.2013 18:19, schrieb Al Viro:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 08:35:44AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>
>> We disagree.
>
> Obviously.
>
>> I think Propercase should be discouraged.
>> ie: Qdisc et al.
>
> Excuse me, but "Joe happens to think that something should be discouraged"
> is not a problem.  "Joe uses checkpatch.pl as force multiplier, recruiting
> hundreds of monkeys to enforce his personal preferences", OTOH, very much is.
>
> You are calling for ban on any mixed-case identifiers.  I see at least three
> cases where they can be legitimate:
> 	* labels a-la Enomem, etc.  I've been using those and I will
> keep doing so, checkpatch.pl and its users be damned.
> 	* enum members, to distinguish those from defines (first letter
> capitalized vs. all-caps).
> 	* (local) typedefs for structs; I really don't like their use for
> anything non-local, but IMO they have their uses in cases like e.g.
> fs/binfmt_misc.c

Besides that CamelCase is one character less long than camel_case.

I'm awaiting kernel developer uniforms. There are too many different 
black t-shirts around. ;)

Regards,

Alexander Holler