From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275008AbTHLCp3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:45:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275009AbTHLCp3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:45:29 -0400 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([12.44.186.158]:5885 "EHLO hermes.mvista.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275008AbTHLCp2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:45:28 -0400 Subject: Re: C99 Initialisers From: Robert Love To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: CaT , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitor-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <20030812023936.GE3169@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20030812020226.GA4688@zip.com.au> <1060654733.684.267.camel@localhost> <20030812023936.GE3169@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1060656324.684.276.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-3) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:45:25 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 19:39, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Not unless they're paid by the line ;-) Agreed. So, Kernel Janitor folks, here is a good line for the TODO: "Convert GNU C-style named initializers to C99 named initializers" And: "Where the end result is cleaner and more maintainable, convert unnamed initializers to C99-style named initializers. In almost all cases, named initializers are safer and less ambiguous, but in some cases the resulting change is large and unwieldy. Exercise judgment." Robert Love