Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Dec 2018 07:26:37 -0500 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [for-next][PATCH 23/24] string.h: Add strncmp_prefix() helper macro |
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 10:20:02 +0000 Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Calling it "strncmp_prefix()" when there is no "n" there makes no sense. > > > > So drop the "n" from the name. > > > Being British the 'n' implies 'and' and still being interpreted Boolean. > > strncmp = string and compare > > Like other of our words Fish'n'Chips, Salt'n'Shake. > > I don't think these abbreviations exist in American English.
No, no, they actually do exist in American English.
But when people ask me which language is my mother tongue, I simply reply "C". In which case, 'n' means number.
-- Steve
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