Re: [patch 07/26] Add INIT_ARRAY() to kernel.h

Stefan Richter
2008-01-24T22:03:37Z

On 24 Jan, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@oracle.com) wrote:
>> Maybe you have explained this previously, but please give a short
>> explanation of "brackets that would pollute kernel code".
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Try opening such code in vim, and the syntax highlighting gets all
> messed up :-/
>
> The other option is to do the *right thing* and fix vim, of course, but
> this change won't be in distros for a while.

Is it about unbalanced brackets?

Anyway, if you add it because other kinds of initializers (which ones?)
aren't displayed nicely in syntax highlighting editors, just say so in
the changelog. Your log isn't informative at all.
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Stefan Richter
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