So I'm going into total nit-picking territory here, but since I'm looking at it and I think the series needs a respin anyway... On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:29:31 +0200 Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > + m = c_funcptr_sig_re.match(sig) > + if m is None: > + m = c_sig_re.match(sig) > + if m is None: > + raise ValueError('no match') How about we put that second test inside the first if block and avoid the redundant None test if the first match works? The energy saved may prevent a hurricane someday :) > + > + rettype, fullname, arglist, _const = m.groups() > + if rettype or not arglist.strip(): > + return False > + > + arglist = arglist.replace('`', '').replace('\\ ', '').strip() # remove markup > + arglist = [a.strip() for a in arglist.split(",")] Similarly, stripping the args three times seems a bit much. The middle one is totally redundant and could go at a minimum. Thanks, jon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html