linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: cleanup switches with cases that can be merged

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Message-ID:  <h37j27-hgu.ln1@chipmunk.wormnet.eu>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:47:29 +0000
From:	Alexander Clouter <alex@...riz.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH] MIPS: cleanup switches with cases that can be merged

In gmane.linux.ports.mips.general David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> [snipped]
> 
> This brings us to the larger question:  This is just code churn.  Is it 
> even worthwhile?
> 
Anything which reduces the line count and remove duplication whilst 
sticking to CodingStyle I would always argue for, but "who am I" :)

It at a glance, this type of code churn, shows there are no differences 
between two classes of <whatever> and the effect is it makes the chunk 
of code a mental NOOP for the person reading the code. :)

To me this is a natural extension of running with Chapter 14 of 
CodingStyle where you kmalloc using 'sizeof(*p)' rather than 
'sizeof(struct *foo)' so reducing the chance of errors later on.

Just my thoughts.

Cheers

-- 
Alexander Clouter
.sigmonster says: Snoopy: No problem is so big that it can't be run away from.

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