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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:28:58 +0200
From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
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To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Subject: Re: kernel guide to space
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On 7/22/05, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 12:12:12PM -0500, Patrick Draper wrote:
> > Why isn't a code formatting program used? People could write the code
> > as they like to write it, then format it automatically in a standard
> > way before it gets put into the kernel.
> There is.
> scripts/Lindent
> 
> But sometimes it fails to do the job properly and some hand formatting
> is needed. Also much of the kernel is not new stuff but expanding or
> fixing old stuff.
> 
Ehh, that's exactely why I wrote "You can do some cleanup that way,
but not everything..."

        Jesper