Re: [PATCH 0/3] target: Rename headers using .def extension to .h.inc

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> writes:

> We use the .h.inc extension to include C headers. To be consistent
> with the rest of the codebase, rename the C headers using the .def
> extension.
>
> IDE/tools using our .editorconfig / .gitattributes will leverage
> this consistency.
>
> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (3):
>   target/m68k: Rename qregs.def -> qregs.h.inc
>   target/s390x: Rename insn-data/format.def -> insn-data/format.h.inc
>   target/tricore: Rename csfr.def -> csfr.h.inc
>
>  target/m68k/{qregs.def => qregs.h.inc}                 |  0
>  target/m68k/translate.c                                |  4 ++--
>  target/s390x/tcg/{insn-data.def => insn-data.h.inc}    |  2 +-
>  .../s390x/tcg/{insn-format.def => insn-format.h.inc}   |  0
>  target/s390x/tcg/translate.c                           | 10 +++++-----
>  target/tricore/{csfr.def => csfr.h.inc}                |  0
>  target/tricore/translate.c                             |  4 ++--
>  7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>  rename target/m68k/{qregs.def => qregs.h.inc} (100%)
>  rename target/s390x/tcg/{insn-data.def => insn-data.h.inc} (99%)
>  rename target/s390x/tcg/{insn-format.def => insn-format.h.inc} (100%)
>  rename target/tricore/{csfr.def => csfr.h.inc} (100%)

I wonder why we use any of .def, .h.inc, .inc.h, .c.inc, .inc.c.  Why
not .h and call it a day?  No need to configure each and every editor to
tread these as C code.