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From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3][NET] gen_estimator: list_empty() check in
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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:43:33 +0100
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 03:15:53AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:19:40 +0100
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 02:36:32AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > ...
> > > FWIW I agree that double-negatives are confusing and we should
> > > avoid them.
> > 
> > Right! No more: CHECKSUM_NONE, SOCK_NOSPACE, IFF_NOARP or KERN_NOTICE!
> 
> Life is difficult sometimes, but that is no excuse to further
> the pain :-)

BTW, maybe somebody else finds this interesting (because you seem to
know this very well), in some languages, like Polish, e.g.: "that is
no excuse" needs double-negative: "to nie jest zadne wytlumaczenie",
so literally: "that not is no excuse"...

Cheers,
Jarek P.