Re: PATCH, RFC: 2.6 Documentation/Codingstyle

From: Måns Rullgård
Date: Thu Feb 12 2004 - 18:49:13 EST


Tim Bird <tim.bird@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Michael Frank wrote:
>> +Usage of the apostrophe <'> in kernel messages is deprecated
>> +
>> +Mis-spellings allowed in kernel messages are:
>> +
>> + dont, cant
>
> I know some people prefer this, but is it really necessary?
> It makes kernel programmers look illiterate.

Agreed. If you don't like apostrophes you can spell it out as "do
not" or "cannot".

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Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxx

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