[PATCH V1 1/3] mfd: stmpe: Arrange #include <header files> in alphabetical order

Samuel Ortiz sameo at linux.intel.com
Tue Nov 27 03:05:43 EST 2012


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 03:31:45PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> 
> > On 26 November 2012 18:55, Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Why do you need to sort them? Is there _really_ a need?
> > 
> > Many people & maintainers like to have their header files ordered. The
> > reason for that is:
> > 
> > If they are not ordered, there is a possibility of adding an header file
> > multiple times in a file. This might not do something serious
> > when thinking about compilation time or Image size, but adding an header
> > file multiple times is simply wrong.
> > 
> > This can't be caught in patch reviews most of the time, as diff may not show
> > the earlier inclusion.
> > 
> > That's why i ordered them. And i don't see any harm in doing so.
> 
> I don't see any harm in it, but it's pretty pointless.
> 
> There aren't many maintainers who insist on such things, 
And I'm not one of those.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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