Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:28:49 +0000
From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: colbuse@ensisun.imag.fr
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@zip.com.au
Subject: Re: [patch 3/2] drivers/char/vt.c: remove unnecessary code
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 02:13:57PM +0100, colbuse@ensisun.imag.fr wrote:
> NPAR times :-). As I stated, npar is unsigned.

I think that's disgusting then - it isn't obvious what's going on, which
leads to mistakes.

For the sake of a micro-optimisation such as this, it's far more important
that the code be readable and easily understandable.

Others may disagree.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core
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