devtools: clarify that lines up to 100 characters are ok

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / contributing / coding_style.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index b27b5fcfdbe87c8bef354c83a8b8542c83909ccc..1ce5d00e36ceb8117046ef5ee84633ddc53101b2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Line length is recommended to be not more than 80 characters, including comments
 .. note::
 
        The above is recommendation, and not a hard limit.
 .. note::
 
        The above is recommendation, and not a hard limit.

-       However, it is expected that the recommendations should be followed in all but the rarest situations.
+       Generally, line lengths up to 100 characters are acceptable in the code.

 
 C Comment Style
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 C Comment Style
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