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

G. Branden Robinson
2022-11-10T22:25:47Z

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Hi Alex,

At 2022-11-10T11:59:02+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > You know what Moltke said about plans and contact with the enemy.
> > For one thing, I think the Linux kernel will move too fast to permit
> > such a leisurely cadence.
>
> Heh, at this point, I burnt my ships, by using enhanced VLA syntax.
> If I release that before GCC, I'm expecting to see an avalanche of
> reports about it (and I also expect that GCC and forums will receive a
> similar ammount). So yes, I expect to wait some longish time.

Hah, you rebutted my Moltke with your namesake. You understand that I'm
obligated to spring a reference to the Battle of Lepanto or something on
you at some point.

> > Also, as soon as Bertrand and I can get groff 1.23 out[1], I am
> > hoping you will, shortly thereafter, migrate to the new `MR` macro.
>
> Not as soon as it gets released, because I expect (at least a decent
> amount of) contributors to be able to read the pages to which they
> contribute to,

Laggardly adopters can always put this in man.local.

.if !d MR \{\
. de MR
. IR \\$1 (\\$2)\\$3
. .
.\}

> but as soon as it makes it into Debian stable, yes, that's in my
> plans. So, if you make it before the freeze, that means around a
> couple of months from now.

Yes. It is a major personal goal to get groff 1.23 into Debian
bookworm.

> > <tents fingers, laughs villainously>
>
> <also tents fingers, laughs villainously>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhH2egTLohM

Regards,
Branden

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