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>> 	On a slightly related note. I see that putting prefixes on
>> structure elements appears less common in FreeBSD than BSD/OS. Is
>> this a conscience decision, or something that just happened because
>> the compiler doesn't require it anymore? Actually anymore is a real
>
>I'd certainly say the latter.  Not that one of our more motivated
>committers couldn't go on a renaming rampage at some point to match
>the current BSD/OS conventions, of course.  I can see your point about
>it making the use of tools like cscope or global a bit easier.

   This ranks right up there with the white space changes for me. I'd rather
not see gratuitous structure name changes affecting hundreds of files unless
they are really needed, although I certainly see your [Chuck's] point and will
make a conscious effort to code this way myself in the future.

-DG

David Greenman
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