Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Change all occurrences of 'flavour' to 'flavor' | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:42:14 -0400 |
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On Friday 08 August 2003 11:48, Trond Myklebust wrote: > >> >>>It changes all occurrences of 'flavour' to 'flavor' in the > >> >>>complete tree; I've just comiled all affected files (that > >> >>>is, the config resulting from make allyesconfig minus > >> >>>already broken stuff) succesfully on i386. > >> >> > >> >>Arrrgh! You can't be serious! > >> > > >> > Yes, I am bloody serious; this patch might look purely > >> > cosmetic at first sight.. yet, there's a technical reason > >> > for at least one part of it. Grep and see the horror: > >> > > >> > $ egrep -ni 'flavou?r' fs/nfs/inode.c [snip] 1357: > >> > rpc_authflavor_t authflavour; [snip] > >Anybody who screws with that spelling is setting himself up for the >red hot poker treatment...
That and toothpicks under the fingernails comes to mind.
>The flavor/flavour thing reflects the fact that the code has been >written and modified by different people with different >backgrounds. Some people have been unfortunate enough to be of the > US persuasion, others have grown up with the British spelling. > >Now leave it alone and go do something useful with your lives... > >Trond
What about the scenario where both spellings are used in a header someplace that winds up being a systemwide reference? I don't know that it has been, but such a 'correction' has the potential to take us back to square one and 1993. I have had recurring daytime nightmares of such possibilities since this subject came up the first time a week or so ago.
Methinks the proponent here should find another, more productive outlet for his frustrations. This particular dog won't hunt.
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