linux-kernel - Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH wireless-next] ath: Rename ath_print to ath

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Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:19:35 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Cc:	peter@...ge.se, ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH wireless-next] ath: Rename ath_print to
 ath_debug

On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 03:43 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2010-11-30 2:39 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > I gauge my willingness to spend time on subsystems on
> > the maintainers willingness to merge things that improve
> > readability and correctness.
> I'm not trying to discourage you from spending time on improving this
> code, just doubting the usefulness of such simple function renames.

Poor function naming is just that.
It reduces readability and the uses are counter expectation.



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