Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:37:42 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] printk-formats.txt documentation update |
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:00:29 -0700 Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 14:51 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:24:48 +0100 Andrew Murray wrote: > > > + For printing-16 byte UUID/GUIDs addresses. The additional 'l', 'L', > > For printing 16-byte > > You want to resend or shall I just fix it? > > Hey Randy. > > I find your seeming insistence on using a dash > between the numeric count and the word byte to > be a bit odd. > > Stylistically, why do you want it there?
Mostly to make it clear. It's too easy to be ambiguous.
> cheers, Joe
Without hyphen:
For printing 16 byte UUID/GUIDs addresses.
Those adjectives are confusing. I don't know what that phrase means. It could easily mean 16 UUID/GUIDs, but it's ambiguous.
But
For printing 16-byte UUID/GUIDs addresses.
That means (clearly to me) that UUID/GUIDs are 16-byte entities.
Or see www.incredibleenglish.com/pdf/Hyphens.pdf, section 1, "Hyphenate unit modifiers."
Or see http://www.ehow.com/how_4473498_use-hyphen-sentence.html, section 1, "Link compound modifiers with hyphens."
Or see http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/040201HyphAdj.htm
HTH. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
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