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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 19:35 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Joe Perches wrote:
> > It's better to make changes that _actually are_ correct.
> There is no correct and incorrect style.
> There is only
>   - accepted/ not accepted style,
>   - good/ bad style.

I meant to avoid style changes that introduce defects
or don't even compile.