Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:32:31 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] tools/memory-model: Make compat with herd7 7.47 ("-" -> "_") |
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* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Cat-language code has used "-" as a word > separator in names, and the model had previously had an odd mixture of > "-" and "_". Hence, the switch to the cat-language convention. > > Of course, if underscore is strongly preferred, underscore does work, > and it should be possible to move in that direction.
I'm fine with either of these variants, as long as it's consistent: the idiosynchratic seeming mixture of both '-' and '_' convention looked odd to me.
If '_' is also more compatible with installed versions of the language, then I'd go for that - but it's your call.
Thanks,
Ingo
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