On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 01:29:45PM -0700, Matthew Helsley wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 12:48, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 12:01:45PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 11:26 -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:59:02AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 10:42 -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 07:10:50AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > > > > > What does "impl" stand for, anyway? implied? implicit?
> > > > > > > implemented?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I meant implicit... you can also say implied.... will add in
> > > > > > comments to
> > > > > > the dats structure definition.
> > > > >
> > > > > How about changing the name of the structure member? Comments suck.
> > > >
> > > > you mean explicit name like implicit_guarantee ? if comments suck, IMHO,
> > > > impl_guar is good enough an option for a field that holds implicit
> > > > guarantee.
> > >
> > > I think you possibly suffer from an a case of ibmersdontlikevowelsitis
> > > which seems to be endemic to our company. In case you're wondering,
> > > Linus already found our missing vowels:
> > >
> > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0110.1/1294.html
> >
> > To my knowledge, 'i', 'u' and 'a' are vowels(impl_guar).... May be I
> > am wrong.. I think I 've relearn my alphabets.
>
> While I agree with Dave's point about 'impl' being vague, I think he's
> just being snarky about the vowels. :)
>
> > BTW, Can you point me to the latest version ?
> >
> > Seriously, I don't get your argument that 'impl_guar' doesn't imply
> > implicit guarantee....(especially even after I agreed that I would add some
> > comments)
>
> I think Dave's point is "impl" is an ambiguous prefix. If the intent is
> "implied" or "implicit" then the extra letters are well worth the
> clarification they offer -- more so than any amount of comments since
> the field name will get used in numerous places where the comment is not
> likely to appear.
Adding 3 characters doesn't cost much... but... in this context, what
else could one think "impl" mean ?
One will get the idea if you assume one of implicit implied, or implemented...
> Cheers,
> -Matt
>
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