Re: [PATCH] Various pages: SYNOPSIS: Use VLA syntax in function parameters

Jonathan Wakely
2022-11-29T16:59:21Z

On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 16:49, Joseph Myers wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2022, Michael Matz via Gcc wrote:
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> > like. But I'm generally doubtful of this whole feature within C itself.
> > It serves a purpose in documentation, so in man-pages it seems fine enough
> > (but then still could use a different puncuator to not be confusable with
> > C syntax).
>
> In man-pages you don't need to invent syntax at all. You can write
>
> int f(char buf[n], int n);
>
> and in the context of a man page it will be clear to readers what is
> meant,

Considerably more clear than new invented syntax IMHO.