[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Linus Torvalds <address@hidden> Re: log-buf-len dynamic

[Zack Brown]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 01:14:12PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Zack Brown <address@hidden> writes:
> > int
> > func()
> > 
> > which defeats grep, instead of
> > 
> > int func()
> > 
> > which doesn't.
> 
> `Defeats grep'?
> 
> I thought the whole _point_ of the name-at-bol style was to allow one to
> do `grep "^func" ...' to find the definition of a function while
> ignoring other uses (and indeed I sometimes do that in Tom's sources).

Maybe, but then you have to dig through the file looking for the return
type anyway.

It may be different when reading the sources from a documentation point
of view, than from a coding point of view.

Be well,
Zack

> 
> -Miles
> -- 
> A zen-buddhist walked into a pizza shop and
> said, "Make me one with everything."

-- 
Zack Brown