From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Carlos O'Donell" Subject: Re: [patch 0/7] Use "FILE * stream" everywhere. Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:04:04 -0500 Message-ID: <54B97CC4.4030003@redhat.com> References: <54B882F4.1090203@redhat.com> <54B8ABBF.8000602@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54B8ABBF.8000602-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" , "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 01/16/2015 01:12 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hello Carlos, > > On 01/16/2015 04:18 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote: >> Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE* >> instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something >> and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly >> and understand what they are looking at. > > Agreed, and thanks for preparing the patches. > >> The next 7 patches convert all instances of "FILE *fp" to >> "FILE *stream". The vast majority of man pages already use >> the "FILE *stream" version which I also prefer. > > Yes, good. It's what POSIX uses too. > > I tweaked some wordings very slightly (adding or removing "the" > in a couple of places), and gave the patches the title: > > Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument > > I also made related changes in fmemopen(3), fopencookie(3), and > getline(3). Thanks! Cheers, Carlos. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html