Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Spelling fixes

[Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>]

Am 08.07.2013 00:32, schrieb Peter Maydell:
> On 7 July 2013 23:05, Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> --On 7 July 2013 22:25:02 +0200 Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de> wrote:
>>
>>> --- a/ui/vnc-enc-zywrle.h
>>> +++ b/ui/vnc-enc-zywrle.h
>>> @@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ static inline void harr(int8_t *px0, int8_t *px1)
>>>     |L1H0H1H0|L1H0H1H0|L1H0H1H0|L1H0H1H0| : level 1
>>>
>>>   In this method, H/L and X0/X1 is always same position.
>>> - This lead us to more speed and less memory.
>>> - Of cause, the result of both method is quite same
>>> - because it's only difference that coefficient position.
>>> + This leads us to more speed and less memory.
>>> + Of course, the result of both methods is quite same
>>> + because its only difference is that coefficient position.
>>>  */
>>>  static inline void wavelet_level(int *data, int size, int l, int
>>> skip_pixel)  {
>>
>> If we're doing spelling/grammar fixes, that should be "is quite the same"
>> and "that of coefficient position".
> "is quite the same" isn't idiomatic English either. I can't
> tell if the author meant "is quite similar" or "is exactly
> the same", so we probably shouldn't change the text unless
> we can work out which one is right...
>
> -- PMM

Thank you for both answers. Even as non native speaker
I was aware that this part still did not sound like correct English,
but I restricted my modifications to those parts where I was sure.

Let's ask the original author Corentin Chary...

Regards
Stefan W.