From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>,
linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org,
gcc@gcc.gnu.org,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:44:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d83f043-ff60-94f3-b3a7-e72876ce8dd2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7c55f6cf-8cb1-7b63-30ec-990f8c370bf5@gmail.com>
Hi Alex,
On 10/2/20 10:48 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On 2020-10-02 10:24, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> On 2020-10-01 19:32, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> > For 'void *' you should also mention that one cannot use arithmetic on
>> > void * pointers, so they're special in that way too.
>>
>> Good suggestion!
>>
>> > Also, you should
>> > warn that because one can convert from any pointer type to void * and
>> > then to any other pointer type, it's a deliberate hole in C's
>> > type-checking.
>>
>> Also good. I'll talk about generic function parameters for this.
> I think the patch as is now is complete enough to be added.
>
> So I won't rewrite it for now.
> Please review the patch as is,
> and I'll add more info to this type in the future.
Actually, I would rather prefer one patch series, rather than
patches on patches please. It also makes review of the overall
'void *' text easier if it's all one patch. So, If you could
squash the patches together and resubmit, that would be helful.
Thanks,
Michael
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Michael Kerrisk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-02 11:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ 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) [this message]
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 ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-03 11:44 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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