On 7/21/07, Oleg Verych <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 04:27:31AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: [] > if you want to make some micro optimization in the build install step, > sure ... but functionally, the difference is irrelevant considering > sed operates only on individual lines That was an attempt to support less sucking userspace in the kernel development. More readable, more memory/cpu effective, more portable.
while you could try and make a claim against memory/cpu effeciency, i fail to see how the first or last claims could possibly be backed up but again, if you feel that strongly about it, you're certainly free to post a patch -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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