From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
Cc: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] arm-dis: Fix spelling in comments (iff -> if)
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:20:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120420122029.GA13274@stefanha-thinkpad.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1334685493-6867-1-git-send-email-sw@weilnetz.de>
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 07:58:13PM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote:
> The spelling 'iff' is sometimes used for 'if and only if'.
> Even if that meaning could be applied here, it is not used
> consistently. It is also quite unusual to use 'if and only if'
> in technical documentation. Therefore a simple 'if' should be
> preferred here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
> ---
> arm-dis.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
Given the discussion about the origin of this code I think it makes
sense to leave the 'iff' to reduce spurious differences.
I am not taking this patch for now. Feel free to discuss more if you do
think it should go in.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-20 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-17 17:58 [Qemu-trivial] [PATCH] arm-dis: Fix spelling in comments (iff -> if) Stefan Weil
2012-04-17 18:22 ` [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] " Andreas Färber
2012-04-17 19:15 ` Peter Maydell
2012-04-20 12:20 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
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