Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:31:43 +0800 | From | Li Zefan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tracing/filters: Improve subsystem filter |
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>>> bool dry_run sounds perhaps more intuitive for what is happening there. >> I guess you "try_run". ;) >> >>> Because "apply" is surprising in a "add_thing" function, it's like >>> a field to confirm that we know what what we are doing :) >>> >>> (May be I start to become a PITA with my naming worries, especially >>> since I'm usually not good at it in my patches :) >>> >> I'll take "try_run". Naming is often hard for me. > > > No I really meant "dry run" > "Try run" is already a function that would implicitly fit into > every function :) > > Ie, dry run means: > > "Behave as if you were truly doing it, just to see if it works. > But don't really do it" >
Got it. Thanks. :)
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