Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.63-current replace its with it's where appropriate. | From | Steven Cole <> | Date | 26 Feb 2003 08:22:21 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 04:57, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On 26 February 2003 04:44, Steven Cole wrote: > > This patch replaces its (possessive of it) with it's (it is) > > in the following cases where "it is" is meant. > > > > its a -> it's a > > its an -> it's an > > its not -> it's not > > I'd say it's ok to fix misspellings but this apostrophe > chasing is a bit too much. What comes next? Patches to fix > violations of "two spaces after the dot" rule?
Nope, no spaces after dots changes. But, how about removing unnecessary parenthesis around the expression in the return statement, e.g.
return(-EBUGGYEDITOR); -> return -EBUGGYEDITOR;
Just kidding! I'll leave that for someone more bold or pedantic.
> > Single quotes in comments do confuse gcc _and_ some > text editors with syntax highlighting. > -- > vda
I've been careful about the single quotes where it affects gcc. Which brings to mind "affect" (usually a verb, with exceptions) versus "effect" (usually a noun, with exceptions). ;)
Steven
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