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Subject: Re: [PATCH, v2] checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentation,
 remove 80col warning
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On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> There are some truly _ugly_ > 80 char lines that
> people attempt where checkpatch should issue some
> "don't do that" message.

The practical downsides of the current warning are much more severe. I
personally don't use checkpatch much these days because of the silly
fixed limit.