Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] gpiolib: provide gpiochip_dup_line_label()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Thu Nov 30 2023 - 14:42:36 EST


On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 7:00 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 06:48:06PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 5:27 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > + char *cpy;
> > >
> > > So, why not naming it fully, i.e. "copy"?
> > >
> >
> > Ekhm... let me quote the BigPinguin :)
> >
> > --
> >
> > C is a Spartan language, and your naming conventions should follow suit.
> > Unlike Modula-2 and Pascal programmers, C programmers do not use cute
> > names like ThisVariableIsATemporaryCounter. A C programmer would call that
> > variable ``tmp``, which is much easier to write, and not the least more
> > difficult to understand.
>
> In contrary the cpy is more difficult to understand.
>
> `git grep -lw cpy` vs. `git grep -lw copy` suggests that my variant
> is preferable (even excluding tools/ and Documentation/).
>

You are a thorough reviewer but man, are you also a bikeshedder. :)

Whatever, let's make it 'copy'.

Bart

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>