Re: [patch] Input cleanups for 2.5.29 [2/2]

Linus Torvalds
2002-07-30T21:32:14Z

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Brad Hards wrote:
>
> We shouldn't arbitrarily invent new types that could be trivially done with
> standard types. Maybe we could retain existing usage for ABIs that are
> unchanged from 2.0 days, but we certainly shouldn't be making the ABI
> any worse.

I disagree.

I actively _dislike_ those stupid standard typenames. I don't want them in
the kernel, and they have no advantages over the standard kernel types
that have been there for a _loong_ time.

Linus