Re: [PATCH] 2.5.63-current replace its with it's where appropriate.

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On 26 February 2003 04:44, Steven Cole wrote:
> This patch replaces its (possessive of it) with it's (it is)
> in the following cases where "it is" is meant.
>
> its a -> it's a
> its an -> it's an
> its not -> it's not

I'd say it's ok to fix misspellings but this apostrophe
chasing is a bit too much. What comes next? Patches to fix
violations of "two spaces after the dot" rule?

Single quotes in comments do confuse gcc _and_ some
text editors with syntax highlighting.

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