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From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ptrace.2: Simplify signature? s/enum \w*/int/
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 23:36:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bba760a2-b291-d676-2949-90b47f13d4f9@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e7685576-db7b-f53d-26b9-64ee6621aea1@gmail.com>

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I forgot the list.

On 2/8/21 11:34 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I think we should simplify the prototype of ptrace(2) from using 'enum
> __ptrace_request' to 'int'.  It is an implementation detail that should
> be transparent to the user.  Other pages where glibc uses an 'enum' are
> documented to use 'int' (I don't remember the names of those, but
> remember having seen them a few days ago.  Otherwise, we might have to
> document 'enum' elsewhere, which I don't think adds any value.  What do
> you think about it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex
> 
> -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer;
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/


-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/

       reply	other threads:[~2021-02-08 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <e7685576-db7b-f53d-26b9-64ee6621aea1@gmail.com>
2021-02-08 22:36 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) [this message]
2021-02-09 18:25   ` ptrace.2: Simplify signature? s/enum \w*/int/ Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-02-09 22:34     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-10 10:18       ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-10 10:20         ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-10 21:31         ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
     [not found]       ` <CAHBesv0hwHLJMzqBq+e4LpDAWV98H4+d5mv4gSbFFWs8oV7b3w@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]         ` <20d93fb1-766e-ddf8-a7d8-b00f7bd04cc6@gmail.com>
2021-02-11 17:28           ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-13 10:16             ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)

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