From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 20 08:22:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA25508 for current-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 08:22:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp10.portal.net.au [202.12.71.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA25497; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 08:22:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA00301; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 02:46:13 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712201616.CAA00301@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Bruce Evans cc: grog@lemis.com, julian@whistle.com, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 20 Dec 1997 19:39:50 +1100." <199712200839.TAA23072@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 02:46:12 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >I agree. This appears to be a seriously retrograde step. Bruce, why? > > I'm just enforcing this part of style(9): > > Only use the __P macro from the include file if the source > file in general is (to be) compilable with a K&R Old testament compiler. > Use of the __P macro in new code is discouraged, although modifications > to existing files should be consistent with that file's conventions. > > In general code can be considered ``new code'' when it makes up about 50% > or more of the file[s] involved. This is enough to break precedents in > the existing code and use the current style guidelines. You are breaking your own rules, however, in performing a style-only commit. I think that we the great unwashed would much prefer to see you spend a few more minutes and infect the rest of the declarations in a given file with the ANSI bug rather than perform such a vindictively trivial retrogression. mike