Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 22:40:02 +0200 From: Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>, Ed Schouten <ed@freebsd.org>, David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: C99: Suggestions for style(9) Message-ID: <49FCAFA2.60603@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <49FCAA1D.1080208@elischer.org> References: <49F4070C.2000108@gmx.de> <20090502073658.GA65633@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <49FC752D.5080807@elischer.org> <49FC8574.5060205@gmx.de> <49FC8920.6050408@elischer.org> <49FC8E92.1090207@gmx.de> <49FC9A02.6080901@elischer.org> <49FCA148.9060707@gmx.de> <49FCAA1D.1080208@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer schrieb: >> Christoph Mallon wrote: >>>> K&R code should be changed as part of related changes if possible. >>>> A sweep to change a whole file is probably also ok. >>>> changing them one at a time is probably not ok. >>> >>> But this is what actually is practiced. >>> You still did not answer my question: Do you agree to remove the >>> clause so no new old style declarations may be added? > > I think a new clause should be added specifying what should happen > and replacing the old clause. This is not sensible. style(9) says right at the start that it "[...] specifies the preferred style for kernel source files [...]". The preferred style would be to use ANSI function declarations - what else is there to say? There is no point in adding more when less is sufficient.
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