Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2001 12:30:13 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] struct char_device |
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On Tue, 22 May 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2001, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > > Because foo_ is a throwback to the days when C compilers had a single > > namespace for all structure elements, not a readability aid. If you need > > foo_ to know what type of structure you're futzing with, you need to name > > your variables better. > > Not always. If the thing is used all over the tree, it'd better be > greppable. I hate the foo->de stuff - it's not localized and it's > impossible to grep for.
I'd like to say the compiler will happily find it for you, but the kernel's mostly conditionally compiled..
Have you tried something like:
find -type f | xargs grep -A100 'struct_name' | grep -e '\belement\b'
Obviously not a fix, but possibly helpful.
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