Re: Please fix or revert: [PATCH] checkpatch: add --strict testsfor braces, comments and casts

[David Miller]

From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:34:51 +0200

> 
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>     If you don't "see" it as ugly it's simply because your brain
>>     is not wired up to see 3D/2D geometry as a significant
>>     source of information. A significant portion (I'd 
>>     guesstimate a narrow majority) of kernel hackers *does* see
>>     2D/3D layout details in code and finds inconsistencies in 
>>     them counterproductive.
>> 
>>     ( It's roughly the same distinction that makes some people
>>       love the typographic layout of the iPhone/iPad while 
>>       others consider it unnecessary bling. )
> 
> Another example are the recent Google+ layout changes. Those who 
> don't see 2D details found it an unnecessary waste of screen 
> real estate.
> 
> To me and many others the new layout, while sparser, is actually 
> noticeably less taxing to read, because information is 
> structured in such a "geometrically obvious" way.

I guess us visual retards will have to find a new web site to
use then, thanks for the lesson Ingo.
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