Re: [PATCH v5 10/14] software node: rename is_array to is_inline

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 09:54:30AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:59:40AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:22:06AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 10:37:20AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 04:07:17PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> > > > 'stored inline' -> 'embedded in the &struct...' ?
> > > 
> > > I was trying to have a link "stored inline" -> "is_inline".
> > > 
> > > Do we want to change the flag to be "is_embedded"?
> > 
> > In dictionaries I have
> > 
> > embedded <-> unilateral
> 
> Are you trying to show synonym or antonym here? But I am pretty sure
> "unilateral" is either.

Antonyms. The 'unilateral' is marked as so in the dictionary.

> Antonyms for our use of "embedded" are likely "detached" or
> "disconnected".
> 
> > inline <-> ???
> 
> "out of line" but I still believe "stored separately" explains precisely
> what we have here.

No, 'out of line' is idiom with a special meaning.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko