linux-kernel - Re: Results of my work on memorystick subsystem

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Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:00:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>
To:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Results of my work on memorystick subsystem

> From: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
> 
> and patch #6 contines adds even more cleanups, and makes
> whole
> memctick subsystem look nice and clean.
> Many non obivous functions were removen.

Replacing functional state handlers with nasty 3-page long switches on
undiscriminated integer state variables does not count either "cleaner"
nor "more obvious" in my notebook.

This is a matter of personal preference, I suppose.

Yet, at the very least, you should define an appropriate enum and give
your states readable names.

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