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Re: [PATCH 1/5] Add zlib decompress helper functions

From
MCMarco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 10, 2008, 22:04 UTC
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<e5bfff550801101404g488354f5rb05cccf0923fbb9c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 10, 2008 10:57 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
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> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Marco Costalba wrote:
> >
> > When decompressing a zlib stream use this
> > helpers instead of calling low level zlib
> > function.
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> I really *really* hate your naming.
>
I agree 100% it was chosen only to keep zlib conventions.
>
> [ How many people really know that "inflate" means "uncompress", without
>   having to think about it a bit?
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I misnamed the whole patch series but the last one due to deflate being tot intuitive !!!

Ok I wrote the e-mails very quickly and cut and paste was heavily involved, but when I realized that I called all the series 'decompress helpers' I went blush!

Marco
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  1. 1/5 Add zlib decompress helper functionsMarco Costalba, Jan 10, 2008
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