Subject: Re: Coccinelle: Rename the script for a transformation of memory
 allocations
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>, cocci@systeme.lip6.fr
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        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr>,
        Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com>,
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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 13:31:04 +0100
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>> How would you like to express the provided functionality in a
>> “permanent” file name?
> 
> I have not idea what a permanent file name is.

Are you used to the selection of permalinks?


> The current name could be better without the leading k,
> but otherwise I think it is fine.

I suggest to express more details than to keep the word “simple” there.


>> May names contain space characters generally for Linux files?
> 
> I have never seen a file name with spaces in the Linux kernel,
> but I don't know an easy way to check for that.

Corresponding search tools can determine this if it would be desired.


> But personally, I really dislike them,

Interesting …


> and I will nack any patch that proposes to use one.

Would you insist to replace such “special characters” by dashes or underscores?

Regards,
Markus