[PATCH] lib: fix trivial typo in the comment

[PATCH] lib: fix trivial typo in the comment

[Andy Shevchenko]

This fixes "iff" as "if".

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
 lib/string.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index e5878de..e551284 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
  * @s: input string
  * @res: result
  *
- * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
+ * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
  * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
  * updated upon finding a match.
  */
-- 
1.8.2.rc0.22.gb3600c3

Re: [PATCH] lib: fix trivial typo in the comment

[Jiri Kosina]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2013, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> This fixes "iff" as "if".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/string.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
> index e5878de..e551284 100644
> --- a/lib/string.c
> +++ b/lib/string.c
> @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
>   * @s: input string
>   * @res: result
>   *
> - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
> + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
>   * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
>   * updated upon finding a match.
>   */

And this is correct because ... ?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

Re: [PATCH] lib: fix trivial typo in the comment

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:

>> - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
>> + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
>>   * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
>>   * updated upon finding a match.
>>   */
>
> And this is correct because ... ?

So, in this case it means "if and only if", true?

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

Re: [PATCH] lib: fix trivial typo in the comment

[Jiri Kosina]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> >> - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
> >> + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
> >>   * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
> >>   * updated upon finding a match.
> >>   */
> >
> > And this is correct because ... ?
> 
> So, in this case it means "if and only if", true?

Yes, and that's in accordance with what the function does, isn't it?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

Re: [PATCH] lib: fix trivial typo in the comment

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
>> >> - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
>> >> + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
>> >>   * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
>> >>   * updated upon finding a match.
>> >>   */
>> >
>> > And this is correct because ... ?
>>
>> So, in this case it means "if and only if", true?
>
> Yes, and that's in accordance with what the function does, isn't it?

Apparently, yes.
Please, discard the patch. It's quite good to learn something new,
though the term is confusing for me as ESL speaker.


--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko