Re: [PATCH 2/2] lib: revise list_sort() comment

[Don Mullis <don.mullis@gmail.com>]

Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de> writes:

>> + * The comparison function @cmp must return a negative value if @a
>> + * should sort before @b, and a positive value if @a should sort after
>> + * @b. If @a and @b are equivalent, and their original relative
>> + * ordering is to be preserved, @cmp should return 0; otherwise, the
>> + * return value does not matter.
>
> This "otherwise... does not matter" sounds funny and confusing. Either
> read this as "the return value does not matter if it is neither <0, >0
> or ==0" or "the return value does not matter if the function wants it
> to be ignored". :-)
>
> Just omitting the "otherwise" clause would be clearer.
>
> Olaf

Okay, I will simplify the wording.