Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751373AbWECWGj (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 18:06:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751378AbWECWGj (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 18:06:39 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:48814 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751373AbWECWGi (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 18:06:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 15:09:02 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: David Woodhouse Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, js@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: add typedefs chapter Message-Id: <20060503150902.1b0c3543.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <1146693164.20773.62.camel@pmac.infradead.org> 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> <1146693164.20773.62.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.3; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 21 On Wed, 03 May 2006 22:52:44 +0100 David Woodhouse wrote: > 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. Uh, I think that it currently says that... --- ~Randy - 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/