From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] arch/nios: replace "__auto_type" with "auto"
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:11:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <62cfe957-56bb-43de-91d9-9f64d8100a62@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=whGcopJ_wewAtzfTS7=cG1yvpC90Y-xz5t-1Aw0ew682w@mail.gmail.com>
On 2025-07-18 14:49, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Side note: I think some coccinelle (or sed) script that replaces that
> older form of
>
> typeof(x) Y = (typeof(x))(Z);
>
> or
>
> typeof(Z) Y = Z;
>
>
> with just
>
> auto Y = Z;
>
> is also worthwhile at some point.
>
> We have more of those, because that's the really traditional gcc way
> to do things that predates __auto_type.
>
Agreed. And I think that this, indeed is a job more for Coccinelle than
for sed, because the patterns can be rather complex and we don't want
false positives.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-18 22:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-18 21:32 [PATCH 0/7] Replace "__auto_type" with "auto" H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 1/7] compiler_types.h: add "auto" as a macro for "__auto_type" H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 2/7] include/linux: change "__auto_type" to "auto" H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 3/7] fs/proc: replace "__auto_type" with "auto" H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-19 14:26 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 4/7] arch/nios: " H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-18 21:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-07-18 22:11 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2025-07-18 22:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-07-18 22:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-07-19 9:06 ` David Laight
2025-07-19 9:52 ` David Laight
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 5/7] arch/x86: " H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 6/7] selftests/bpf: " H. Peter Anvin
2025-07-18 21:32 ` [PATCH 7/7] tools/virtio: " H. Peter Anvin
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