From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Tim.Bird@sony.com, jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, corbet@lwn.net,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'specific'
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:48:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191016004821.GI32665@bombadil.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191016000322.7dnuwvxqtdbg7clq@mail.google.com>
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 08:03:24AM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 04:54:39AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:25:53AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > > My preference would be to use 'symbols'. I tried to come up with something
> > > > but 'symbols' is better than anything I came up with.
> > >
> > > Maybe 'interfaces' or 'artifacts'. The term 'symbols' is just as
> > > imprecise as 'functions'.
> >
> > I suggested 'identifier' because that's the term used in the C spec (6.2.1):
> >
> > : An identifier can denote an object; a function; a tag or a member
> > : of a structure, union, or enumeration; a typedef name; a label name;
> > : a macro name; or a macro parameter.
>
> I also prefer this one now. I was looking for something like this. My original
> idea is 'prototype', but that is only for function.
We could also go with 'declaration' or 'definition'. But I prefer
'identifier'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-16 0:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-13 5:53 [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'specific' Changbin Du
2019-10-13 19:29 ` kbuild test robot
2019-10-14 8:59 ` Jani Nikula
2019-10-14 20:48 ` Tim.Bird
2019-10-15 3:15 ` Matthew Wilcox
2019-10-15 9:25 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2019-10-15 11:54 ` Matthew Wilcox
2019-10-15 12:08 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2019-10-15 13:19 ` Jani Nikula
2019-10-16 0:03 ` Changbin Du
2019-10-16 0:48 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2019-10-15 18:27 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-10-16 0:10 ` Changbin Du
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