Re: [PATCH 2/2] vsprintf: remove redundant and unused %pCn format specifier

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 12:34:25AM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:17:26 +0200
> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 12:19:08PM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> > > %pC and %pCn print the same string, and commit 900cca294425 ("lib/vsprintf:
> > > add %pC{,n,r} format specifiers for clocks") introducing them does not
> > > clarify any intended difference. It can be assumed %pC is a default for
> > > %pCn as some other specifiers do, but not all are consistent with this
> > > policy. Moreover there is now no other suffix other than 'n', which makes a
> > > default not really useful.
> > > 
> > > All users in the kernel were using %pC except for one which has been
> > > converted. So now remove %pCn and all the unnecessary extra code and
> > > documentation.  
> > 
> > You seem forgot to update translation(s) of the documentation.
> 
> I'm afraid I don't speak Chinese. :-)

At bare minimum we can drop the same line in the list.
Also in such a case we may ask a Chinese speaking person to review / correct /
suggest the changes. I would not leave a leftover as it will be forgotten so
easily and documentation becomes not in sync.

> For this specific change I think I could come up with an approximation
> of it, but the both the docs and git log suggest this is not expected.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko