linux-kernel - Re: [media] RedRat3: Move two assignments in redrat3_transmit

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Message-ID: <c6f74b6e-5270-f8da-41e9-5257b7253442@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:01:37 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Sean Young <sean@...s.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa-dev@...g-engineering.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [media] RedRat3: Move two assignments in redrat3_transmit_ir()?

> The original code was correct.

Your view can be appropriate for this function implementation to some degree.

I got the impression that it contains the specification of assignments
which will happen a bit too early here.
Is this a weakness for which software developers can care about?

Regards,
Markus