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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [RFC] [IPv6] spelling fix in /proc: /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/temp_prefered_lft
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On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 13:52 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:42:27 +0100
> > Here is a patch to fix all the spelling error (prefered -> preferred)
> I think this doesn't add any value.
> If the procfs file name has to remain the same, which it does,
> changing variable and macro names to be different will only
> cause merge conflicts and pain yet have no redeeming value.

I disagree. Proper spelling has value.
Misspelled words require additional time to read and parse.

Any change can cause merge conflicts.

A simple comment on the proc name use should be added though.




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