Re: [discuss] [PATCH] spelling fixes: arch/x86_64/

[Alan Cox]

> Essentially all commonly used English words which start out with hyphens
> loose them over time.  It starts out with typos and progresses until the
> non-hyphenated form becomes the exclusively used form.  It does seem that
> re-enable â reenable is occurring, based on those search hits.

Re-enable is definitely "more correct".

> Andi> Similar with upto.
> 
> Iâve a *much* harder time agreeing with Âupto in place of Âup toÂ.
> That should be treated as a typo in need of fixing.

The dictionary agrees.

Alan
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