André, On 16/11/2012 14:39, André Warnier wrote:
> Response (to Mark and David) : I accept the verdict of the native > English-speakers. > In my defense, I would say that to me, the word "useless" has more of a > negative connotation than what I wanted to express. Using an expression > such as "the filter is useless" here may have suggested that I thought that > this code was not worth the memory cells it was written on. Which is of > course far from my thoughts on the matter. > "Unnecessary" was a way for me to express that in these particular > circumstances, it would 1) not help, while 2) - being a filter - adding > unwarranted > (?) overhead to the application. "filter is ineffective" might work for you. - Bob
