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From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
To: Michael Frank <mhf@linuxmail.org>
Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH, RFC: 2.6 Documentation/Codingstyle
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:20:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <402C0A23.3090901@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200402130615.10608.mhf@linuxmail.org>

Michael Frank wrote:
> +Usage of the apostrophe <'> in kernel messages is deprecated
> +
> +Mis-spellings allowed in kernel messages are:
> +
> +	dont, cant

I know some people prefer this, but is it really necessary?
It makes kernel programmers look illiterate.

=============================
Tim Bird
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird@am.sony.com
=============================


  reply	other threads:[~2004-02-12 23:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-12 22:15 PATCH, RFC: 2.6 Documentation/Codingstyle Michael Frank
2004-02-12 23:20 ` Tim Bird [this message]
2004-02-12 23:46   ` Måns Rullgård
2004-02-13  0:19   ` Tim Hockin
2004-02-12 23:38 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-02-13  1:50   ` Alex Goddard
2004-02-13  1:52   ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2004-02-13  0:13 ` viro
2004-02-13  1:12 ` J. Bruce Fields
2004-02-13  8:49 ` PATCH, RFC: Version 2 of 2.6 Codingstyle Michael Frank
2004-02-13  9:44   ` Andries Brouwer
2004-02-13 11:24     ` Nikita Danilov
2004-02-16 17:56     ` Ludootje
2004-02-13 22:38   ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-02-13  8:58 ` PATCH, RFC: 2.6 Documentation/Codingstyle Giuliano Pochini
2004-02-13  9:10   ` Andrew Morton
2004-02-13  9:49     ` Michael Frank
2004-02-13 10:09       ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-13 10:50         ` Michael Frank
2004-02-18  7:39           ` Miles Bader
2004-02-13 12:44     ` viro
2004-02-13  9:19   ` David Weinehall
2004-02-13 11:42   ` Andries Brouwer
2004-02-13 12:13     ` Måns Rullgård
2004-02-13 12:42     ` Ed Tomlinson
2004-02-13 13:55     ` Giuliano Pochini
2004-02-13 14:35       ` Angelo Dell'Aera
2004-02-13 15:42         ` Giuliano Pochini
2004-02-13 15:48         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-13 16:38           ` Angelo Dell'Aera
2004-02-13 17:03             ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-13 16:18       ` viro
2004-02-14  0:38 ` Kevin O'Connor
2004-02-14  0:56   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-14  1:44 ` PATCH, RFC: Version 3 of 2.6 Codingstyle Michael Frank
2004-02-14  3:44   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-02-15 10:09     ` Jamie Lokier
2004-02-14 20:44 ` PATCH, RFC: Version 4 " Michael Frank
2004-02-14 21:27   ` viro
2004-02-16  3:47 ` PATCH, RFC: Version 5 " Michael Frank
     [not found] <fa.fbh88ra.kn8094@ifi.uio.no>
2004-02-13  6:41 ` PATCH, RFC: 2.6 Documentation/Codingstyle Junio C Hamano
2004-02-13  7:18   ` vda
2004-02-13 12:37     ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2004-02-13 13:57       ` vda

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