[PATCH v2] system_data_types.7: Improve "Include" wording and format, and explain it in NOTES

Alejandro Colomar colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com
Tue Sep 29 15:21:07 GMT 2020



On 2020-09-29 17:13, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 05:06:27PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>>
>>>   > Can we not just annotate each header listed with the originating
>>>   > standard, say:
>>>   >
>>>   > 	<stddef.h>	(C)
>>>   >
>>>   > 	<sys/types.h>	(POSIX)
>>>   > 	...		(POSIX)
>>>   > 	...
>>>
>>> That may be a good idea; I've thought about doing that in the past;
>>> but also thought that it's still too much noise.
>>> Let's see what others think about it.
>>
>> My thought is that maybe we can add this kind of info later,
>> providing we find a concise way to do it. But, for now, already
>> the info in the page is useful as is, and I don't want to stop
>> the momentum of Alex's work. So, for now, I think let's carry
>> on the current style.
>>
>>> The downside is that it adds a lot of lines,
>>> being harder to read for types with too many headers (e.g., size_t).
>>
>> That is also my concern.
> 
> OK, that's fair -- I agree that the page makes a valuable contribution
> already, so it makes sense to merge it in its current form and think
> about improvements (if any are warranted) afterward.
> 
> Apologies for the noise!
> 
> Cheers
> ---Dave
> 


Hi Dave,

No problem, suggestions are welcome!
Actually, I want suggestions for that page.

Actually, I should apologize for the noise...
I don't know, but I may have sent a few hundred emails to this list in 
the past 4 weeks :p

Cheers,

Alex




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