Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751367AbWECVwz (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 17:52:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751368AbWECVwz (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 17:52:55 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:3006 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751367AbWECVwz (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 17:52:55 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: add typedefs chapter From: David Woodhouse To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, js@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org In-Reply-To: <20060503124100.9b50aa12.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <20060430174426.a21b4614.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <1146503166.2885.137.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <20060502003755.GA26327@linuxtv.org> <1146576495.14059.45.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20060502142050.GC27798@linuxtv.org> <1146580308.17934.19.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20060502101113.17c75a05.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <1146595853.19101.38.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1146612136.19101.47.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20060503124100.9b50aa12.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 22:52:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1146693164.20773.62.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2.dwmw2.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 658 Lines: 18 On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 12:41 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > All references to "standard types" now say "standard C99 types". > However, Linus still objects to the C99 integer typedefs AFAICT. > Are we at an impasse? > It would be a really Good Idea to have something about typedefs > in Doc/CodingStyle. Absolutely, and you need to document the exceptions. That includes saying that 'u32' et al are OK. -- dwmw2 - 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/