linux-kernel - Re: trivial: make comment about vs{n,cn,}printf more understandable

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Message-ID: <1290567844_20137@mail4.comsite.net>
Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:04:04 -0600
From:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
To:	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	trivial@...nel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Subject: Re: trivial: make comment about vs{n,cn,}printf more understandable

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 at about 16:12:45 -0000, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> 
> "You probably want ... instead." sounds like a recommendation better
> not to use the v... functions.
> 

Which is true, if you dont' have a va_list its hard to get them.
But I do get your point.

>   * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is <= 0 the function
>   * returns 0.
>   *
> - * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
> - * You probably want scnprintf() instead.
> + * If you're not already dealing with a va_list better use scnprintf().

That doesn't flow off my (mid-western usa) tounge.

How about
 * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
 * Otherwise you probably want to use scnprintf().

Alternatively,
 * If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider scnprintf().

Thanks,
milton
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