Hi David, On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:30:15 -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > > > Let's kill it, please. (i.e., ACK) > > > > > > But ... why? What value could needless parens provide?
By definition of "needless", none. But the question is precisely whether the parentheses are always needless. The way your formulate your question suggests that you aren't actually interested in discussing the matter, so I am wondering why are you taking part at all. > > Who says that needless parens could provide value? > > Jean, which is why he submitted the patch. No, I didn't. I said that parentheses were sometimes useful. You said that parentheses were usually needless (which isn't that different, BTW.) Combining both statements into "useless parentheses provide value" is a logical flaw. And attributing it to me is dishonest. > (...) > > > I'd kind of think a change like this should have some > > > positive motivation. My "positive motivation" was that this statement, as is, is more confusing than helpful. As a matter of fact, it led us to disagree on a patch you sent. And I would like contributors to focus on the more important parts of CodingStyle. If someone wants to improve the statement instead of removing it, that's fine with me, but not having the time to work on this, I proposed the removal. > I would agree that line could be improved to say that messages > should not be needlessly large. It does already: "Make the messages concise, clear, and unambiguous." -- Jean Delvare - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
