From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 20 01:04:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA00614 for current-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 01:04:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA00609; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 01:04:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA04490; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 04:04:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199712200904.EAA04490@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again In-Reply-To: <19971219215030.56082@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Dec 19, 97 09:50:30 pm" To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 04:04:00 -0500 (EST) Cc: grog@lemis.com, julian@whistle.com, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John-Mark Gurney said: > > I agree. This appears to be a seriously retrograde step. Bruce, why? > > easy, don't you guys read style(9)? > Use of the __P macro in new code is discouraged, although modifications > to existing files should be consistent with that file's conventions. > > all the other parts of the code in that file are K&R style... so you > need to maintain that convention... > If style(9) is broken, which apparently it is, then it should be fixed. It isn't a religious document, but one that should change with the times. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.