Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 06:12:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 06:12:11 -0500 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:36845 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 06:12:10 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:20:09 -0100 From: Dave Jones To: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes Message-ID: <20030305122008.GA4280@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel List References: <20030305111015.B8883@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030305111015.B8883@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1019 Lines: 27 On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 11:10:15AM +0000, Russell King wrote: > Could we stop fix^wbreaking this stuff please. GCC 3.2.2: > ... > include/asm/proc-fns.h:128:39: missing terminating ' character 100% agreed. People really are going too far IMO. Given that most people will never read those comments, the effort would be much better spent proof-reading/correcting documentation than comments. The "its just a spelling mistake, it cant break the build!" mantra is also way off base. If you touch a .c/.h file, you introduce the possibility of breakage. The cant -> can't pedantry is an example of just how extremely silly these are getting. Is there really someone who sees "cant" and doesn't understand what it could mean? It just pedantic masturbation AFAICS. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/