Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Fix broken if statements

[Stefan Weil]

Am 21.07.2010 22:05, schrieb Joel Schopp:
> I have decided to apply the broken window theory of crime
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory to code, and
> more specifically to qemu. I'm hoping that fixing seemingly trivial
> bugs will actually fix some more serious bugs, make the code run
> just a bit smoother, or at the very least leave us with easier to
> maintain code.
>
> Joel Schopp (3):
> remove dead code from hw/loader.c
> fix variable type in qemu-io.c
> remove pointless if from vl.c
>
> hw/loader.c | 5 -----
> qemu-io.c | 4 ++--
> vl.c | 4 +---
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)


How did you apply the broken window theory of crime to software code?
Is this still a secret, or can you tell us more?

Regards
Stefan Weil