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Date:	Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:29:35 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	roel kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>, sct@...hat.com, adilger@....com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: also fix loop in do_split()

Andrew Morton wrote:

> A local variable called `i' should always have signed type.  In fact,
> it should have `int' type.  Doing
> 
> 	unsigned i;
> 
> is an act of insane vandalism, punishable by spending five additional
> years coding in fortran.
> 
> I suggest you fix this by giving `i' the type God intended, or by
> making it unsigned and then renaming it to something which is not
> intended to trick programmers and reviewers.
> 
> Sheesh.

/me hangs head in shame, and points feebly but only halfheartedly at the
other people who reviewed the change when it originally went in... I
have no idea what I was thinking.  Sorry.  Please don't make me go back
to Fortran.

-Eric
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