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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