[PATCH,RFC] ts72xx NAND driver
Jörn Engel
joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de
Fri Mar 3 08:10:07 EST 2006
On Fri, 3 March 2006 06:56:39 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On 3/3/06, Jörn Engel <joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 March 2006 09:53:41 +0300, Artem B. Bityutskiy wrote:
> > >
> > > > + /* Return happy */
> > > > + return 0;
> > > This is very informative comment :-)
> >
> > And it should definitely be changed to "happily". ;)
>
> It doesn't have to be. "happily" would be modifying the action, in
> this case returning. That is the equivalent of saying "I'll happily
> return to you". "Return happy" would be the equivalent of saying "I
> return to you in a good mood".
>
> Doesn't english suck?
In this particular case: no. Such subtleties are the basis of any
good poetry.
They also tend to be the basis of any well-obfuscated code, though.
Jörn
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/* Keep these two variables together */
int bar;
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