Is it bad manners to refactor other people's code?

[Michael Heidelbach]

Hi!

Currently I'm working on some code I couldn't understand until I split 
some long functions into smaller parts.

As I couldn't find anything about the size-of-a-function topic in the 
KDE or Qt guide lines I consider this as a matter of personal taste.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes, so my question is: Should I 
submit the refactored code as a review request or - now that I 
understand what is going on - weave my changes into the original code? 
And what do you think about this in general?


Michael