linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] mfd/sm501.c: #if 0 unused functions

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Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:53:29 +0200
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Ben Dooks" <ben@...tec.co.uk>,
	"Vincent Sanders" <vince@...tec.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] mfd/sm501.c: #if 0 unused functions

On 13/04/2008, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 09:34:24PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>  >...
>  > Please don't see my comments as complaints. They are not intended as
>  > such. I'm merely currious why we keep adding all these '#if 0's since
>  > I don't see the point and I can just see them piling up into some huge
>  > janitorial mountain from hell to be tackled some time in the future by
>  > whomever is masochistic enough to try ;-)
>
>
> The main advantage of the #if 0 solution is that it not only stops
>  bloating the kernel image, but in the frequent "I might need it some day"
>  case I can simply say "no problem with my patch - just remove the #if 0".
>
Heh, and in the mean time I'm tempted to submit a huge patch removing
all code within
  #if 0
  #endif
outright.
Just to get rid of all the useless code we are carrying around from
release to release.
Those 2168 '#if 0' blocks amount to quite a lot of
code^d^d^d^dcomments and most of it is just useless...  But, before I
attempt that I need to go and buy new flame proof underwear.


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