With all the replies I have gotten it seems like there might not be a good path forward with this patch. I am starting to agree with what Daniel Baluta said above that this doesn't make the code easier to read. All the other suggestions don't quite fit the same style as the rest of the file so it might just be better to leave it. This being my first try I thank you all for your input. It has helped me learn quite a bit. Hopefully on the next patch I can fix something a little more meaningful! Thanks, Brian Vandre -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html