From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Return-Path: Received: from mga18.intel.com ([134.134.136.126]:16623 "EHLO mga18.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729551AbfJONSp (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:18:45 -0400 From: Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'specific' In-Reply-To: <20191015115439.GE32665@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <20191013055359.23312-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> <875zkrd7nq.fsf@intel.com> <7e7557b5-469f-3e63-6254-53dab2d7234a@suse.de> <20191015115439.GE32665@bombadil.infradead.org> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:19:36 +0300 Message-ID: <8736fub0yf.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-fpga-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Wilcox , Thomas Zimmermann Cc: Tim.Bird@sony.com, changbin.du@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On Tue, 15 Oct 2019, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:25:53AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> > My preference would be to use 'symbols'. I tried to come up with something >> > but 'symbols' is better than anything I came up with. >> >> Maybe 'interfaces' or 'artifacts'. The term 'symbols' is just as >> imprecise as 'functions'. > > I suggested 'identifier' because that's the term used in the C spec (6.2.1): > > : An identifier can denote an object; a function; a tag or a member > : of a structure, union, or enumeration; a typedef name; a label name; > : a macro name; or a macro parameter. > > We don't allow documenting all those things separately, but it does cover > all the things we do allow to be individually documented. Agreed. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center