questions about the codingstyle in linux kernel.

questions about the codingstyle in linux kernel.

[B tw]

Why the coding style in include/linux/page-flags.h is Camel Case? It
is so ugly and uncoordinated.

questions about the codingstyle in linux kernel.

[Mulyadi Santosa]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 20:25, B tw <kis.btw@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why the coding style in include/linux/page-flags.h is Camel Case? It
> is so ugly and uncoordinated.

consider it as blessing in disguise :) throw some patches to fix them
to LKML and see how others think about it....
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questions about the codingstyle in linux kernel.

[Jonathan Neuschäfer]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:28:46AM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 20:25, B tw <kis.btw@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why the coding style in include/linux/page-flags.h is Camel Case? It
> > is so ugly and uncoordinated.
> 
> consider it as blessing in disguise :) throw some patches to fix them
> to LKML and see how others think about it....

This code has been around for a long time, so there may be quite some
out-of-tree drivers/patches depending on the spelling, and as with
every (?) API the change should be done through
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt.

But now that we have Coccinelle[1], it might turn out to be quite easy
to get rid of this camel-case spelling.

[1] http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/

Btw, if you set off a discussion on the lkml regarding this, please CC me :).

Thanks,
	Jonathan Neusch?fer

questions about the codingstyle in linux kernel.

[Mulyadi Santosa]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 02:14, Jonathan Neusch?fer
<j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> wrote:
> But now that we have Coccinelle[1], it might turn out to be quite easy
> to get rid of this camel-case spelling.
>
> [1] http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/

thanks for the link :) regarding LKML, i still need time to gather my
bolds and guts to discuss kernel issues there (again) :D


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Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com
training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com

questions about the codingstyle in linux kernel.

[B tw]

Thank you very much for your explanation and the link. :-)