From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>,
GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>,
"gcc@gcc.gnu.org" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Document void *
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:19:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH6eHdQhh46TjVc72meWFTWCi7iouAod0iC1zLRga+c-36G+ig@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41affebd-3354-9420-0048-bffd14535e95@gmail.com>
On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 16:51, Alejandro Colomar via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> On 2020-10-01 17:34, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> > Hello Alex,
> >
> > On 10/1/20 5:06 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> >> Hello Michael,
> >>
> >> This type is very special,
> >> so I will probably have missed some details about it.
> >
> > I do wonder if we actually need this in page at all, and given:
>
>
> I think it should be.
> I would also document 'void', even if it's a bit weird...
> They are very useful, so why not document them?
Because the man-pages are not a tutorial for the C language.
"The Linux man-pages project documents the Linux kernel and C library
interfaces that are employed by user-space programs."
void and void* are not APIs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-02 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-01 15:06 [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] void-*.3: New link to system_data_types(7) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:34 ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 15:40 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:49 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Document 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add " Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 16:38 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 16:55 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 11:54 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-08 13:52 ` Vincent Lefevre
2020-10-12 9:36 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 17:32 ` Paul Eggert
2020-10-02 8:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 8:48 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 11:44 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 9:10 ` David Laight
2020-10-02 17:00 ` Paul Eggert
2020-10-02 10:49 ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 11:31 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 13:06 ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:20 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:27 ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:51 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-03 8:00 ` Navigational corrections (was: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *') Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-03 9:16 ` Navigational corrections Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-03 11:39 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-05 22:08 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-07 6:53 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 15:49 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] void.3: New link to system_data_types(7) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:19 ` Jonathan Wakely [this message]
2020-10-03 11:44 ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 12:16 [PATCH 0/2] Document 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
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