linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hostfs: Remove pointless if statement

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Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:54:46 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hostfs: Remove pointless if statement

On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 12:24:23PM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote:
> We normally use "comments" for that, not dead code that a compiler
> then elids ;-)

I'd argue that comments are for when you can't make the code
self-explanatory.

> [PATCH] hostfs: Remove pointless if statement
> 
> And replace with comment saying we don't handle ctime.
> Also some codingstyle while I was there.

I'll forward this upstream.

				Jeff

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