From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7465F3370EF for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:34:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767954842; cv=none; b=fLkvwyBbtJU/NXXteBuqHbKI7AGAhtgD7Mvltb6eztBRopNGd8HPExxdD7NHsqNRuAKhrmgquqyrkTA/eyOPnbW0GhxaeB3UDuLHfD64Xi/jXwPeLUFdpOALvcAyzwnC9NkdmvvUsgaXF+pX1IDV0Moj7vd6mNgPrt+DdHd/w4s= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767954842; c=relaxed/simple; bh=eLXEpjrSYDjrHuTGDAf0fzRUc7GH8l4Q+CpGnOWvk/M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=JoydIFBcWd8/Da+Cj9fLgUXwHrHAyt++D8UOnq5hnOqsUpciqijkU9PhZDLgigJZlX5ORvO0R6wTN91CTGgaM8ezFSevVEF4mFXZYnuN/4h9vCY0egpxdcS6daaLqVu7O2qFUeaO1X2pifPxl7CTlJTlQ2JaaetTcXsjdRGpn7o= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=u+24cbXl; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="u+24cbXl" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5FDFBC4CEF1; Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:34:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1767954842; bh=eLXEpjrSYDjrHuTGDAf0fzRUc7GH8l4Q+CpGnOWvk/M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=u+24cbXlnBihPnNps4w0Ta3eO41A49vRDAxWieoOWOwOVWupzm6OhUmlgQjyhZ1HC /qN4uv1dw8clp8obD/LLjxH7AYX6N0Y8lISCVmopERaiX5c5HahGtfjxfUrUcX9B6Y FcfiTC2PJMb1bn7Z5tZm6GEIRuSueriVxmP1JBBtMBA9cgLaTFbAKAf4lW0ccVEkPr 3cgIOXVdIoAZX0FYqKaNzqXhLCu6UPGbp6C8LJc505PSgOXaC3ohelyIQc2g1QEKKN oCYdKt+GbWY2gzAMub3oE55roKZn/RRwm3orOkLcKMulK+acmBH/Kamrb8aUDYJ5HB vsMlkIPlhs8rQ== Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 11:33:58 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Seth McDonald Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 19/25] man/man3type/void.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of void(3type) Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="i5qu5ujpxwr273fd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --i5qu5ujpxwr273fd Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Seth McDonald Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 19/25] man/man3type/void.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of void(3type) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Hi Seth, On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 04:40:37PM +1000, Seth McDonald wrote: > From: Seth McDonald >=20 > The void pointer (void*) type first appeared in POSIX.1-1990 as a > parameter type in the read(2) function.[1] >=20 > [1] IEEE Std 1003.1-1990, Section 6.4.1 "Read from a File". >=20 > Signed-off-by: Seth McDonald I think 'void*' is important enough that it would be useful to dig in its history further. Was it an invention of C89? Or was it an extension in some existing compilers? If the latter, it would be interesting to document which systems had it before C89. I'm mentioning this just in case you know. Feel free to ignore otherwise. Anyway, I've applied the patch. Thanks! Have a lovely day! Alex > --- > man/man3type/void.3type | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >=20 > diff --git a/man/man3type/void.3type b/man/man3type/void.3type > index ebbeb4d154e1..9a46f84b1d37 100644 > --- a/man/man3type/void.3type > +++ b/man/man3type/void.3type > @@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ .SH VERSIONS > .SH STANDARDS > C11, POSIX.1-2024. > .SH HISTORY > -C89, POSIX.1-2001. > +C89, > +POSIX.1-1990. > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR malloc (3), > .BR memcmp (3), > --=20 > 2.47.3 >=20 >=20 --=20 --i5qu5ujpxwr273fd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAmlg2ZYACgkQ64mZXMKQ wqksPw/7B0W4gVN3QXLL9/dPSk52t66yajV/tTe5wDWbtnbLphtR0yRAC1jTlQN+ 4Ui6UOt09IX9pT9bH/Bgd1deOXB7aMwEZE9KO2HvcrMC37HHXGAHmfnGjtNvzN38 Pu7bGFN0/fqTaQdssBLDoNjFzmjCuaUkuisjNofPSZ/a0IwXYHcs6ZaVQLTyvNG6 KHMIOmacGnvngxWi/Vx51JWHI8BBKdESlcV8iZkm4cWb7UX2O+uvLB+MfeWFOu7D +xWYN6IUmz+Bj2fKfnBYC/6gdQ5EH0lhNmkxKpYtclaI8vMzpuvoYMaj+XX1K2kv 18rktCpAy96oMz4ULyAD5MPRpHQK3mDYyd/pYgV5Mz4gN/HUTI9pyyRxwgwZkmkv jwqP0JHkj7S3FJHfAk7tTpVmrPIQNafVToIjMpKLigiQi6Ym77qL8xFwcUIATxVD FcaNXkmBpTeLETHelwSiF4mVAOh5EBww1Lb9ZYUxlH5c/vqSBU2RAyF1ldUyBLHy h6MEU/IaZRjTlURnB81gAfp5qOqfoLqdHDqpJeZgxeLX2ECxqDKyZWIih9QMYeer 1B9VVAb/CMA2esavOLsRveXxiK5rzAxdaWHoFzEmIHN+8u8e2kt3KYHR3uv62nu/ 7fTRSPZr9s5JWZjUSSbWcrEiV+RTfzCdBXgunE90S4A/b3J1AI0= =w6vd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i5qu5ujpxwr273fd--