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Date:      Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:05:51 -0500
From:      David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r228469 - in head/sys: amd64/include arm/include i386/include ia64/include mips/include ofed/include/asm powerpc/include sparc64/include
Message-ID:  <20111213140551.GA93161@zim.MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <201112131338.pBDDc3lt052068@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201112131338.pBDDc3lt052068@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Dec 13, 2011, Ed Schouten wrote:
> Author: ed
> Date: Tue Dec 13 13:38:03 2011
> New Revision: 228469
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/228469
> 
> Log:
>   Replace __signed by signed.
>   
>   The signed keyword is an integral part of the C syntax. There's no need
>   to use __signed.

For what it's worth, I believe __signed and __const were intended
to support gcc's -traditional flag, which was needed to get some
pre-ANSI programs to compile.  But any vestiges of pre-ANSI
support probably rotted a long time ago, and the -traditional
option isn't supported anymore in gcc.



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