Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264657AbTFAP6P (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2003 11:58:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264659AbTFAP6P (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2003 11:58:15 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:20935 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264657AbTFAP6O (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2003 11:58:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:11:33 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Jonathan Lundell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Question about style when converting from K&R to ANSI C. Message-ID: <20030601161133.GC3012@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Jonathan Lundell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1054446976.19557.23.camel@spc> <20030601132626.GA3012@work.bitmover.com> <20030601134942.GA10750@alpha.home.local> <20030601140602.GA3641@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.5, required 7, AWL, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 18 On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 09:04:22AM -0700, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > The reason I've liked this format is that it gives me a quick and > universal way to find *specific* functions with vi or grep, by > searching for "^function_name(". Exactly. I thought of making that point in my original posting and figured everyone would tell me to use tags and I didn't want to have to remember all the other reasons I wanted this. It really is nice knowing that "^function_name(" is the definition. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/