Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 22/24] membarrier.2: Note that glibc does not provide a wrapper | From | Alejandro Colomar <> | Date | Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:42:57 +0200 |
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On 2020-09-28 15:48, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> There are a few cases: if I want to find declarations of type int, >> I'd start with: >> >> $ grep -rn "int\s" >> >> or something like that. "int\~" would break the ability to do that. > > That would, among more obscure cases, miss the style of function > declaration used by people who get along without ctags: > > static int > my_little_function(int foo, char bar) > > So I would tend to use grep 'int\>' to match a word boundary instead of > a whitespace character. > > Regards, > Branden >
On 2020-09-28 16:31, David Laight wrote: > From: Alejandro Colomar >> Sent: 28 September 2020 14:33 > ... >> There are a few cases: if I want to find declarations of type int, >> I'd start with: >> >> $ grep -rn "int\s" >> >> or something like that. "int\~" would break the ability to do that. > > The 'word markers' \< and \> are your friends; look for "\<int\>". > > David > > - > Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK > Registration No: 1397386 (Wales) >
Thank you both, I didn't know about those.
Regards,
Alex
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