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Date:      Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:24:35 -0700
From:      Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r242847 - in head/sys: i386/include kern
Message-ID:  <1352568275.17290.85.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
In-Reply-To: <509E830D.5080006@mu.org>
References:  <201211100208.qAA28e0v004842@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxg=HPmQS1T-LFsZ=DuKEqH30iJFpkz%2BJGhLr4OBL8nohjg@mail.gmail.com> <509DC25E.5030306@mu.org> <509E3162.5020702@FreeBSD.org> <509E7E7C.9000104@mu.org> <CAF6rxgmV8dx-gsQceQKuMQEsJ%2BGkExcKYxEvQ3kY%2B5_nSjvA3w@mail.gmail.com> <509E830D.5080006@mu.org>

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On Sat, 2012-11-10 at 08:38 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> On 11/10/12 8:25 AM, Eitan Adler wrote:
> > On 10 November 2012 11:19, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> wrote:
> >> Please consult the svn log for this file, it's relatively clear
> just in the
> >> commit logs/comments.  Grep for 384/512 and look around.
> > Can this reasoning be added as a comment? I did grep for 384 in the
> log, but
> > a) I didn't find the answer
> > b) one shouldn't have to.
> >
> >
> It probably could be added, but then a bunch of other people would 
> complain about the comment being too wordy or "not in English". 

The fact that such a thing could happen explains much about the current
state of the code.  An outsider could easily come to the conclusion that
the FreeBSD motto is something along the lines of "It should be as hard
to read as it was to write."

-- Ian





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