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From: David Brownell <david-b@...>
To: <khali@...>, <akpm@...>
Cc: <torvalds@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is fine
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 1:19 pm

> > -Printing numbers in parentheses (%d) adds no value and should be avoided.

Well, the only place that numbers "naturally" appear wrapped in
parenthesis is tables of credits and debits... as a debit, sort
of a literal "add no value" situation.  ;)

Oh, and for footnotes, in typographically challenged contexts.

Me, I agree that numbers in parens don't usually make sense for
kernel messages.

- Dave

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[PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is fine, Jean Delvare, (Sat Sep 29, 6:25 am)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., Andrew Morton, (Sat Sep 29, 6:51 am)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., Jean Delvare, (Sun Sep 30, 6:11 am)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., , (Sat Sep 29, 10:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., Randy Dunlap, (Sat Sep 29, 2:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., David Brownell, (Sat Sep 29, 2:53 pm)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., Randy Dunlap, (Sat Sep 29, 4:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., David Brownell, (Sat Sep 29, 6:30 pm)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., Jean Delvare, (Sun Sep 30, 6:28 am)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., Randy Dunlap, (Sat Sep 29, 6:51 pm)
Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Printing numbers in parentheses is ..., David Brownell, (Sat Sep 29, 1:19 pm)