On Fri, 2012-11-16 at 00:43 +0100, Markus Grabner wrote: > On Thursday 15 November 2012 14:12:31 Joe Perches wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-11-15 at 22:03 +0100, Markus Grabner wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 14. November 2012, 17:33:05 schrieb Dan Carpenter: > > > > The reason this is hitting the 80 character limit is because > > > > "LINE6_INDEX_PCM_ALSA_CAPTURE_STREAM" is 35 characters long. It > > > > isn't even clear from the name what it holds. It's just a very crap > > > > name. > > > > > > Please refer to the file pcm.h for a detailed documentation of this and > > > similar names (in fact, the documentation explains the LINE6_BIT_PCM_* > > > names instead, but I bevlieve the correspondence is obvious). It's hard > > > to define a shorter name which is at the same time descriptive, > > > consistent, and not to be confused with related names. > > > > > > Should such documentation be moved to a separate file (e.g., > > > "Documentation/sound/alsa/line6usb.txt")? > > > > Documenting poor naming choices doesn't make it better. > Yes, but the documentation might help understanding why a particular naming > was chosen and that it might not be as poor as it seemed at first sight. I > assume that you are aware of the meaning of the LINE6_INDEX_PCM_* symbols > (and > of the issues that were fixed by introducing them), so which naming scheme
Hi Markus Dunno why they were introduced, but I think several things could be shorter as to me none of these longish L6_BIT(foo) elements means much and I'd need to read the code to figure them out anyway. the LINE6_ prefix is excessive, L6_ would probably be fine. (and that goes for all the functions too) CAPTURE/RECORD could be RD/WR MONITOR could be MON IMPULSE could be IRM BUFFER could be I STREAM could be O (or the other way 'round) etc..., cheers, Joe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
