Re: [RFC] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add rules for goto labels

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>> So, it seems that we can reach an agreement. Any other comments or suggestions?
>> Or can someone ack/merge this patch?
> 
> Honestly, I think not reaching an agreement is a good thing.
> 
> "style" is always ultimately in the eye of the beholder, and reasoned
> people come up with multiple answers to the same question.
> 
> Sometimes it's better _not_ to set things in stone.  "use your
> judgement" and "follow the existing style" go a long way.
> 

Indeed.  Quite frankly, style guides would be a lot less obnoxious if
there weren't always people who felt the need to "correct" other
people's styles.  That is usually a rather obnoxious thing to do, at
least as long as the code is reasonably clean to start out with.

	-hpa
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