Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Modify the line length limit of the code

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 11/6/20 2:39 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 at 13:07, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
>> The current "warn at 80, error at 90" is a compromise.  It's the result
>> of a lengthy argument.  Why reopen it?
> 
> There was some previous discussion under this thread:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg05653.html
> 
> which I think is what prompted this patch.

Can we keep the error please? Maybe 132 is the next display logical
limit once we increased the warning from 80 to 100.

I understand hardware evolved, we have larger displays with better
resolution and can fit more characters in a line.
I am a bit wary however functions become heavier (more code into
a single function). Maybe this checkpatch change should go with
a another one warning when a function has more than 80 lines,
excluding comments? (Even 80 is too much for my taste).

Regards,

Phil.