netdev - Re: [PATCH] Add some function overview comments in tcp

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:23:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andi@...stfloor.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add some function overview comments in tcp_input.c

From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:47:19 +0200

> Add some function overview comments in tcp_input.c
> 
> Only partial so far. I didn't attempt to accurately comment
> the SACK machinery and the congestion state machine. 
> 
> I also fixed the grammar in one or two other comments
> (but still trying to keep the authentic "ANK language" @)
> 
> No code changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

Most of your comments sound exactly the same as what I
hear when I say the function's name out loud.

That's worse than wasted space.

What's the chapter from The Practice of Programming where
they advise against this with a bunch of amusing examples?
:-)

I'm not applying this, sorry.

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