[alsa-devel] [Kernel-BR] Re: [PATCH] sound: pci: emu10k1: code refactoring and casting removal

[Geyslan Gregório Bem]

2013/10/17 Raphael S Carvalho <raphael.scarv at gmail.com>:
>> 2013/10/17 Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>:
>>>
>>> Geyslan, you don't have to waste too much of your time (and my time
>>> for review) for this kind of so old driver code unless it really fixes
>>> the bugs.  A clean up is good in general, but it can be sometimes
>>> worse than nothing since it also breaks the history, thus makes hard
>>> to follow via "git blame", for example, and of course, there is always
>>> a potential danger of regression.
>>>
>>> So, if it's about clean up, do it only in a systematic way that others
>>> can follow easily, and don't do it too intensively.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Takashi
Takashi,

I sent the last version:
[PATCH v3] sound: pci: emu10k1: code refactoring

Regards.

>
> His code refactoring proposal is welcome since the old code sucks from
> several points of view, e.g. maintainability, legibility, etc.
> Yes, of course, it's important to be careful in order not to introduce
> regressions. And yes, he could improve something here and there.
> As long as changes improve the maintainability and legibility of the
> code, there is no reason to refuse them.
>
> --
> Raphael S. Carvalho

Raphael, thank you for reply.

Regards.