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SubjectRe: Improving documentation for programming interfaces
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>> Some functions allocate resources to which a pointer (or handle) is returned.
>> I would find it nice then if such a pointer would contain also the background
>> information by which functions the resource should usually be released.
>>
>> Can it become easier to determine such data?

> It's unclear to me what you are requesting/proposing?

I suggest to clarify combinations for object construction and proper resource release.


> Can you be a bit more concrete?

Further examples:
* kmalloc ⇒ kfree
* kobject_create ⇒ kobject_put
* device_register ⇒ put_device

Can preprocessor macros help to express any more relationships for similar function pairs?

Regards,
Markus

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