Re: [PATCH 4/6] PCI: qcom: Clean up ASPM comment

[Johan Hovold]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 04:24:04PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 11:48:10AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 04:02:27PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 02:55:51PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > > Break up the newly added ASPM comment so that it fits within the soft 80
> > > > character limit and becomes more readable.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > I think we discussed (80column soft limit for comments) in the past, but I don't
> > > think breaking here makes the comment more readable.
> > 
> > The coding style clearly states:
> > 
> > 	The preferred limit on the length of a single line is 80 columns.
> > 
> > 	Statements longer than 80 columns should be broken into sensible chunks,
> > 	unless exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does
> > 	not hide information.
> > 
> > Going beyond 80 chars may sometimes be warranted for code, but the
> > exception is not intended for comments.
> 
> Breaking the comment here is indeed making it hard to read. It's just one word
> that needs to be broken if we go by 80 column limit and I won't prefer that,
> sorry!

Please read the above quote again, it is as clear as it gets. 80 chars
is the preferred limit unless (for code) exceeding it *significantly*
increases readability, which clearly isn't the case here (even if this
exception applied to comments).

I really don't understand why you keep insisting on this. Just fix your
editor.

Johan