Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 RFC] scripts/checkpatch.pl: add check for `while` and `for`

[Peter Maydell]

On 27 February 2018 at 17:32, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:53:18AM +0800, Su Hang wrote:
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> index 1b4b812e28fa..10c138344fa9 100755
>> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> @@ -2353,7 +2353,8 @@ sub process {
>>               }
>>
>>  # check for missing bracing round if etc
>
> Please fix the pre-existing typo in the comment:
>
> s/round/around/

That's not really a typo IMHO -- both 'round' and 'around'
seem fine to me here. (The OED entry for 'around' notes
"There is variation with 'round' adv. and prep. in many of the
senses below; in general 'around' is less usual in British usage",
so some of this is US-vs-UK usage or personal idiolect.)

thanks
-- PMM