Re: coding style question on indentation

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 13:54 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
> On 07/01/2011 09:23 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > I think this better:
> >           1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
> > 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> > 	dma_unmap_page(&adapter->pdev->dev, dma_unmap_addr(rx_page_info, bus),
> > 		       adapter->big_page_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> > maximally fill to 80 cols, then wrap with maximal tabs using spaces
> > if necessary to align args after opening parenthesis.
> > In this case, 2 tabs, 7 spaces.
> I think the most flexible is to use hard tabs to align the continued 
> line to the same level of indentation as the parent line, then use 
> spaces for "pretty" alignment.  That way, it all lines up regardless of 
> how many spaces the viewer has set for the equivalent size of hard tabs.

True, but none of the common editing tools do this.

You could produce and publish emacs/vi modes for this
and then teach checkpatch to understand this mode and
not complain about the spacing if it matters that much
to you.