Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Walleij <> | Date | Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:38:05 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] gpio: Fix loose spelling |
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:57 AM, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> wrote:
> Literally. > > I expect "lose" was meant here, rather than "loose", though you could feasibly > use a somewhat uncommon definition of "loose" to mean what would be meant by > "lose": "Loose the hounds" for instance, as in "Release the hounds". > Substituting in "value" for "hounds" gives "release the value", and makes some > sense, but futher substituting back to loose gives "loose the value" which > overall just seems a bit anachronistic. > > Instead, use modern, pragmatic English and save a character. > > Cc: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>
Patch applied as obviously correct.
Yours, Linus Walleij
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