Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:44:32 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "types" man page Message-ID: <20011024114432.K25747@squall.waterspout.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp1yjt0z14.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <xzp1yjt0z14.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 06:43:19PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > I've been toying with the idea of creating a "types" man page that > lists common scalar and pointer types in FreeBSD (including standard C > types). For every type, the man page would indicate: > > - the name (duh) > - what header(s) (if any) to include to define it > - width on all supported platforms > - signedness > - equivalence with other types > - appropriate format specifier and cast to use for printf()ing > variables of that type portably. > > What I'm wondering is: > > 1) does anybody else but me think that this would be a good idea? Yes. :) > 2) in what section would such a man page belong? 7 or 9? -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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