linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/25] drivers/serial/suncore.c: Use static const char arrays

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Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:17:20 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/25] drivers/serial/suncore.c: Use static const char
 arrays

On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 17:11 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 2010-09-13 13:22 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > It tries to standardize the style use and it avoids possible
> > future checkpatch warnings of:
> > 	char foo[] = "bar"
> > char array could possibly be static const.
> Whoa, back up a second here.  I've seen patches to avoid questionable
> checkpatch warnings before, but I think this is the first time I've seen
> a patch to avoid *hypothetical checkpatch warnings that don't even
> exist*!

Pretty cool huh?  cheers, Joe

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