Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: forgive use of mixed case variables measuring units

2013-06-12 Thread Joe Perches
On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 12:17 -0400, Jason Cooper wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 09:02:15AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 15:59 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote: > > > I agree that a creeping list of exceptions where CamelCase > > > is to be overlooked would be bad, but I would argue

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: forgive use of mixed case variables measuring units

2013-06-12 Thread Jason Cooper
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 09:02:15AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 15:59 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote: > > I agree that a creeping list of exceptions where CamelCase > > is to be overlooked would be bad, but I would argue that > > perhaps my exceptions aren't actual CamelCase - they

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: forgive use of mixed case variables measuring units

2013-06-12 Thread Joe Perches
On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 15:59 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote: > I agree that a creeping list of exceptions where CamelCase > is to be overlooked would be bad, but I would argue that > perhaps my exceptions aren't actual CamelCase - they're > (pretending to be) SI units, and just happen to match the > Cam

RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: forgive use of mixed case variables measuring units

2013-06-12 Thread Phil Carmody
Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 14:02 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote: > > I don't think anyone really has an issue with things like max_mV. > > And whilst nS et al. may not be SI standard, at least it's clear > > what they represent. > [] > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/check

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: forgive use of mixed case variables measuring units

2013-05-29 Thread Joe Perches
On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 14:02 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote: > I don't think anyone really has an issue with things like max_mV. > And whilst nS et al. may not be SI standard, at least it's clear > what they represent. [] > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl [] > @@ -2940,6 +2940,