From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B62C4363D for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:06:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B63206E3 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:06:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="rIHSuR5n" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387869AbgJBNGe (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Oct 2020 09:06:34 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41720 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726282AbgJBNGd (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Oct 2020 09:06:33 -0400 Received: from mail-io1-xd44.google.com (mail-io1-xd44.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d44]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9739BC0613D0; Fri, 2 Oct 2020 06:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-io1-xd44.google.com with SMTP id u6so1428227iow.9; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 06:06:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=LtOofo94PCMfjpw9R/jhuE3xavKmxW8EYRlrREI1JLE=; b=rIHSuR5nnY6yp+wlhLgEPMEKa81IbrqQJrRbqFCovSqjQFL5doKGXzIflxbU3d3/df ZL9lJKSHXaGyzMBRm9iBXw8f+vgzsudAfamQPVHJvMxZY6mTOmgyYee7IiV7H9XUca5i lInPsBro8sF8i80lNI64gfkYy9XXq91NurnrOndpRBgvaGgRpNxE+MzgW5ugaXHWQBJ0 9dUT8NfkNq1M3K4ABSEdeFsRfDRrh3HOko+LmJZahuZ2ilrz0gSmzHqha3DhkyzZnAtz DG4jbWP9YH/d2WZpgNPY0F13KcHDhah97wIjhvN6NvMdCT9Ngx6u6WaoldldbZgVu4fV 9x7A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LtOofo94PCMfjpw9R/jhuE3xavKmxW8EYRlrREI1JLE=; b=uFG/cTnWnwA15s0wxUm8fmaQwwii/hjVTXCg4K0aEG4kttzftN/oD9Nd7U8gkmOD69 9aRpEwoiT+1caVjQB84bDTV8p0IF428LlhaTnwq82+PzDMiPt6jf8DLKPCIKH5DLNSjL 0KQXgUpsgnbdFNGWll1qAU9cUAELi9wBFMCBZVoPjrqxJAZ6olQm6HIA+FZ5LcyzO4YJ uXoCUzCQkph38lHas1IJ081O+uwNIxJqXtU+KoiSXntwotRGMTw1atzO9oTFSjBdPHJj AV3AwtsTvSjNip+4k5anp+wXXGeHkc73BiD1nfNmkGlmB7HQdR5Uv4O8BXC6r8SNVm6J nwLA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530S/MpL1BEpjYV4j2b0Fxac1XdRvvvD05w80bCxF2e2KsC1bwBB XGKABuU4VYlGYssCTTJo89JY03nbx3V8/FBbMXQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw5L9jHE6rrtKMYan3FuRwtSrzDv3Snjif+ZR+ivIIsYcRSdFnZVMtwsWEro2HbimAei/kCumA2xQuMd7ig6pw= X-Received: by 2002:a02:ccdb:: with SMTP id k27mr2093934jaq.103.1601643992923; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 06:06:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <41affebd-3354-9420-0048-bffd14535e95@gmail.com> <20201001154946.104626-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <538b683f-01d2-6148-4f1d-1b293eb5cd6b@cs.ucla.edu> <4b86f6e9-0d8a-f14a-73ce-ebbdc9d9edba@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Jonathan Wakely Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:06:20 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *' To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: Alejandro Colomar , Paul Eggert , linux-man , GNU C Library , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:31, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:49, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 09:28, Alejandro Colomar via Gcc wrote: > > > However, it might be good that someone starts a page called > > > 'type_qualifiers(7)' or something like that. > > > > Who is this for? Who is trying to learn C from man pages? Should > > somebody stop them? > > Yes, I think so. To add context, Alex has been doing a lot of work to > build up the new system_data_types(7) page [1], which I think is > especially useful for the POSIX system data types that are used with > various APIs. It's definitely useful for types like struct siginfo_t and struct timeval, which aren't in C. Trying to document C seems like a huge task, ill-suited for man-pages, and not worth the effort. Maybe some people prefer man pages, but for everybody else https://en.cppreference.com/w/c already exists and seems like a better use of time.