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Re: Don't document the types of standard typedefs

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:55:24 -0800
Subject: Re: Don't document the types of standard typedefs
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1202270030480.30479@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <4F4AF0BB.3000002@cs.ucla.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1202271340590.12490@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <4F4BB97B.9090903@cs.ucla.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1202281517100.14043@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>

On 02/28/2012 07:17 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> Here is a revised patch describing the properties of these types (both
> generic from POSIX, and specific to the GNU C Library) but not exact
> equivalences.
> 
> 2012-02-28  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
> 
> 	* manual/filesys.texi (mode_t): Describe constraints on size and
> 	signedness, not exact equivalence to a particular type.
> 	(ino_t): Likewise.
> 	(ino64_t): Likewise.
> 	(dev_t): Likewise.
> 	(nlink_t): Likewise.
> 	(blkcnt_t): Likewise.
> 	(blkcnt64_t): Likewise.
> 	* manual/llio.texi (off_t): Likewise.

Thanks, I went over that patch and it looks good.

References:
- Don't document the types of standard typedefs
  - From: Joseph S. Myers
- Re: Don't document the types of standard typedefs
  - From: Paul Eggert
- Re: Don't document the types of standard typedefs
  - From: Joseph S. Myers
- Re: Don't document the types of standard typedefs
  - From: Paul Eggert
- Re: Don't document the types of standard typedefs
  - From: Joseph S. Myers

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