Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 14:10:50 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org>, Patrick Kelsey <pkelsey@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Improvement to pthread_getspecific(3) Message-ID: <2830799.6adxqfxTR7@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1505181403100.22210@multics.mit.edu> References: <CAD44qMW3=axQypv3x=03kLUOraawsUW7Q1SToCwhnvhfcFs%2BQQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1505181403100.22210@multics.mit.edu>
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On Monday, May 18, 2015 02:04:17 PM Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Mon, 18 May 2015, Patrick Kelsey wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to make the attached improvement to pthread_getspecific(3), and > > this is my first time through a man page edit/commit, so I have a couple of > > questions and would like to catch whatever else I'm missing. > > > > 1. Attribution - I'm using a lightly edited line from > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_getspecific.html > > (edited to account for the fact that we do not document both > > pthread_getspecific() and pthread_setspecific() in the same man page). I'm > > assuming that this falls under whatever agreement covers the existing man > > page (which was constructed in similar fashion), but there is currently no > > attribution in pthread_getspecific(3) and I'm not aware of what agreement > > may be in place that allows for this. > > I'm not aware of what agreement may be in place, either. There is something, but I think it requires explicit attribution when used? Hopefully someone else remembers the details. > In a somewhat related vein, I do note: > .Sh STANDARDS > The > .Fn pthread_getspecific > function conforms to > .St -p1003.1-96 . > > > > 2. Markup - should I be using .Pq instead of explicit parentheses? > > We do not have a strong preference for Pq over explicit parentheses, so I > would leave them in. Ah, I thought we preferred mdoc markup (Pq, Dq, etc.) when possible. -- John Baldwin
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