From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Michael Galassi <michael@galassi.us>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: small issue in getifaddrs(3) man page
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKgNAkhnu4LDf5fprcqLSft5q3YrvoQRi9XjCoxqSEF5BMxGrg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADFiD2+vbh-rhbj3G8z5F46R6cP1BSOVfpFiJju=EM00Q15-Ug@mail.gmail.com>
Hello Michael,
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 16:34, Michael Galassi <michael@galassi.us> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The getifaddrs(3) man page has some sample code which includes a for
> loop wich initializes and increments an in named "n" which is never
> used. This is slightly confusing (but in no way wrong). The page
> would be clearer if this variable declaration, initialization, and
> increment were removed.
Agreed. (And mea culpa.) I've made the change as you suggest. Thanks
for the report!
Cheers,
Michael
>
> The two lines in question are:
> int family, s, n;
> ...
> for (ifa = ifaddr, n = 0; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next, n++) {
>
> Thanks.
>
> -michael
--
Michael Kerrisk
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