Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932421AbWESQFU (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 12:05:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932422AbWESQFT (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 12:05:19 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:19919 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932421AbWESQFS (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 12:05:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:05:00 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: sepreece@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] list.h doc: change "counter" to "control" Message-Id: <20060519090500.6a3958dd.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060519090236.ef9b5c81.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <20060518105400.2aac9f44.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <7b69d1470605190837o44f2c0f5o4aa9faa421dfb3f7@mail.gmail.com> <20060519090236.ef9b5c81.rdunlap@xenotime.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 754 Lines: 19 "Randy.Dunlap" wrote: > > On Fri, 19 May 2006 10:37:28 -0500 Scott Preece wrote: > > > I agree that "counter" is wrong, but "control" is still a little > > vague. How about: > > "the &struct list_head that tracks iteration over the list" or > > "the &struct list_head that tracks current location in list." > > I considered "iterator" (but that's the macro itself I think), > "control", "variable", "pointer", and "position". > "current location" would be OK with me. "cursor" - 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/