Re: Fork Bombing Patch

[Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>]

I agree that (1) one risks overdoing comments and (2) one should minimize
comments inside a function body.

But I read your earlier statement:

  Please do not add comments inside functions.

as simply requesting no comments inside function bodies, without
exception.  That seems to me to be too strong a statement.

The "try to avoid" in the CodingStyle I read as meaning roughly
"minimize" which is consistent with what it further states, allowing
for "small comments" in certain cases.

Admittedly, I probably agree with you that the command that Anand
added in his patch was one of those comments that didn't add enough
value to be justified.

I was just quibbling over the wording of your objections to it.

 ... I'll shut up now.

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