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

[Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>]

On 7 July 2013 23:05, Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk> wrote:
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> --On 7 July 2013 22:25:02 +0200 Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de> wrote:
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>> --- 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
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>>   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)  {
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> 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