Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:38:56 -0400 | From | Matt Ullman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] lib: Make strreplace prototype compatible with C++ |
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:38:13AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > I didn't see and could not find any reply to v1. Who is that comment > addressed to? Linus?
Yes, this was addressed to Linus. He CC'd the mailing list, but I could not find it either. Here is what he wrote:
> Please only change the prototype, not the function. Might as well remove > the argument names in the prototype. > > Let's not make the C code uglier for no reason. The fact that C++ screwed > up and thought that "new" can't be used as a variable name is no reason not > to do it in C code. > > Similarly, we don't make C code use the insane C++ pointer caring rules. > > Linus
-- Matt Ullman
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