linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/36] tty/vt: consolemap: saner variable names in set_inverse_trans

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jun 2022 17:34:23 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/36] tty/vt: consolemap: saner variable names in
 set_inverse_trans_unicode()

On Tue, 7 Jun 2022, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> The function uses too vague variable names like i, j, k for iterators, p,
> q, p1, p2 for pointers etc.
> 
> Rename all these, so that it is clear what is going on:
> - dict: for dictionaries.
> - d, r, g: for dir, row, glyph iterators -- these are unsigned now.
> - dir, row: for directory and row pointers.
> - glyph: for the glyph.
> - and so on...
> 
> This is a lot of shuffling, but the result pays off, IMO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>

Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>

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