[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6] sf: Update read/write command macros
Detlev Zundel
dzu at denx.de
Mon Jan 20 12:13:21 CET 2014
Hi Jagan,
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> On Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 09:06:31 PM, Jagannadha
>> Sutradharudu Teki
>> wrote:
>>> - Used readable names for read/write command macros
>>> - Added comments for the same
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki <jaganna at xilinx.com>
>>> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>>> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>>
>> Does this patch have any impact other than making the code harder to
>> understand
>> ? :-(
>>
>> What's the rationale for making the code more cryptic ?
>
> No issues I guess with the readability as each macro we can easily
> understand.
> like CMD_RD_QUAD --> command_read_quad
> CMD_WR_PAGE --> command_write_page_program
>
> And this will minimize the macro length - good for in coding and more over
> description is added in drivers/mtd/spi/sf_internal.h anyway.
Again I agree with Marek that readability of code is more important than
saving a few characters while coding. This is especially true as
editors can support you in coding (Emacs has lots of packages to help
here for example).
Cheers
Detlev
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