From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50659)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <amit.shah@redhat.com>) id 1QdcIB-00013N-J2
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:06:00 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <amit.shah@redhat.com>) id 1QdcIA-0003dN-IB
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:05:59 -0400
Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:41683)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <amit.shah@redhat.com>) id 1QdcIA-0003dG-AS
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:05:58 -0400
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 11:35:50 +0530
From: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20110704060550.GA3182@amit-x200.redhat.com>
References: <20110617101644.5e275e53@doriath>
	<20110617160926.GA25648@amit-x200.redhat.com>
	<20110617150811.156acbae@doriath>
	<20110618034245.GA26613@amit-x200.redhat.com>
	<BANLkTinkCkpyP0JDWu5bhAT=XgFbo=ritQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<20110622045330.GB5789@amit-x200.redhat.com>
	<BANLkTi=iWixQz-TuoXfi+ZS45ekY9KbruA@mail.gmail.com>
	<20110627094830.GE9369@amit-x200.redhat.com>
	<BANLkTinuG0vPY-G-12wKo3d8+dvvCN3B4g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAJSP0QX5N2G6UhG8DfztQtT95dMng2NqY34tf0piZRLcvWRmvA@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <CAJSP0QX5N2G6UhG8DfztQtT95dMng2NqY34tf0piZRLcvWRmvA@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] 80-column rule and breaking output statements
List-Id: <qemu-devel.nongnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/options/qemu-devel>,
	<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>,
	<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe>
To: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
Cc: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>, qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>, mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>

On (Sat) 02 Jul 2011 [09:38:30], Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:

...

> I don't see split lines as an issue because I never grep for an entire
> line.  Pick a small, unique, fixed part of the message and you'll find
> it.
> 
> "Small" in order to avoid any formatting or split line issues.

Unless you pick your Small string that was split across multiple lines.

> "Unique" in order to cut down the number of grep results.
> "Fixed" in order to avoid format string expansions as Blue Swirl mentioned.

		Amit