linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/string.c: fix a typo in comment: 'iff' -->'if'

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:25:10 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "keescook@...omium.org" <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "mawilcox@...rosoft.com" <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>,
        "kstewart@...uxfoundation.org" <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "aryabinin@...tuozzo.com" <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/string.c: fix a typo in comment: 'iff' -->'if'

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 6:30 PM, David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote:
> From: YueHaibing
>> Sent: 29 June 2018 04:45
>>
>> On 2018/6/29 11:35, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > On 06/28/2018 08:33 PM, YueHaibing wrote:
>> >> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  lib/string.c | 2 +-
>> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This isn't a typo.  "iff" means "if and only if".
>>
>> ok, my poor english, thank you.
>
> It's not really english, but a shorthand used by mathematicians.

I remember I did a very same mistake (and sent a patch!).

Perhaps better to fully spell it to avoid "once per 3 years" activity?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko