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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/7] iio: Rename 'sign' field to `format` in struct iio_scan_type
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:27:01 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <120c7f33-4ca1-4d35-ac1b-b65362f1adfc@baylibre.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225101735.2368252-1-flavra@baylibre.com>
On 2/25/26 4:17 AM, Francesco Lavra wrote:
> This field is used to differentiate between signed and unsigned integers.
> A following commit will extend its use to in order to add support for non-
> integer scan elements; therefore, change its name from 'sign' to a more
> generic 'format'.
>
Maybe Jonathan is OK with doing this all at once, but another alternative
could be to introduce a union to allow both names at the same time, then
we could make the change more gradually.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 21:27 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <20260225100421.2366864-1-flavra@baylibre.com>
2026-02-25 10:17 ` [PATCH v6 4/7] iio: Rename 'sign' field to `format` in struct iio_scan_type Francesco Lavra
2026-02-25 21:27 ` David Lechner [this message]
2026-02-28 17:59 ` Jonathan Cameron
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