linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

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Message-ID: <n87r7173-n782-6p12-4768-723qp8ppno4@syhkavp.arg>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:32:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
To:     Olliver Schinagl <oliver+list@...inagl.nl>
cc:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022, Olliver Schinagl wrote:

> Hey Nicolas,
> 
> On 20-07-2022 22:21, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jul 2022, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > 
> >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 8:56 AM Olliver Schinagl
> >> <oliver+list@...inagl.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Secondly, and more importantly so; you argue 'who cares about people
> >>> with disablements, atleast its equally hard to read everywhere' which is
> >>> a very poor argument :p
> >>
> >> No, and I want to be __very__ clear about this: at no point I have
> >> argued "who cares about people with disabilities" or anything like it.
> >> It is insulting that you even suggest it.
> > 
> > What "people with disablements" have to do with this anyway?
> > I don't get it.
> If you are talking to me; simple, reading disabilities (dyslexia being the
> most common one) are real :) and code-style heavily impacts those.
> 
> For example, I have a really really hard time reading 2 space indent,
> especially in larger code bases. Also, CamelCase is very very hard for me to
> read also, as is statements without spaces `if((x<y&0xf)||z>a)` for example.

OK, that's a good point.

I asked because such arguments are often brought up in the context of 
sight impairment by people who are not affected, and in this regard I'm 
well positioned to call those arguments unfounded.

> So codestyle affects those with reading disabilities, but not well known to
> the people without these, which is why I was raising awareness.


Nicolas