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
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:28:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050228132849.B16460@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1109596437.422319158044b@webmail.imag.fr>; from colbuse@ensisun.imag.fr on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 02:13:57PM +0100
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-28 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-28 13:13 [patch 3/2] drivers/char/vt.c: remove unnecessary code colbuse
2005-02-28 13:28 ` Russell King [this message]
2005-02-28 14:01 ` colbuse
2005-02-28 14:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-02-28 14:43 ` Martin Mares
2005-02-28 14:57 ` Horst von Brand
2005-02-28 13:32 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-02-28 13:48 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-02-28 14:02 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-02-28 14:06 ` Dmitry Torokhov
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-02-28 15:06 colbuse
2005-02-28 16:44 ` Stelian Pop
2005-02-28 17:29 ` emmanuel.colbus@ensimag.imag.fr
2005-02-28 19:18 ` Stelian Pop
2005-02-28 20:30 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-02-28 12:57 colbuse
2005-02-28 13:02 ` Russell King
2005-02-28 13:33 ` linux-os
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