>>> Fixes is only for bug fixes. These don't fix any bugs. >> >> How do you distinguish these in questionable source code >> from other error categories or software weaknesses? > > A style change is one that doesn't change the effect of the execution. This can occasionally be fine, can't it? > These don't actually even change the assembly, How did you check it? I would expect that there are useful run time effects to consider for three proposed update steps (in this patch series). > so there's programmatic proof they're not fixing anything. I find that the software refactoring “Improve a size determination in nine functions” should fit to this observation (while the source code can become a bit better). > Bug means potentially user visible fault. Thanks for your constructive feedback. Regards, Markus
