From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262144AbUBXEbZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:31:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262159AbUBXEbZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:31:25 -0500 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([63.209.29.2]:52964 "EHLO hera.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262144AbUBXEbY (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:31:24 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Subject: Re: [PATCH] devpts_fs.h fails with "error: parameter name omitted" Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <20040224021651.GF1200@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> <20040224022424.GL31035@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040224024942.GG1200@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: terminus.zytor.com 1077597081 20294 63.209.29.3 (24 Feb 2004 04:31:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@terminus.zytor.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:31:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <20040224024942.GG1200@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> By author: Ian Wienand In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 02:24:24AM +0000, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > That part makes sense. Previous one doesn't. > > Is that by convention or is leaving out the parameter name in the > prototype standardised somewhere? > It's commonly done to make code less macro-sensitive. Personally I wish that standard C allowed it for definitions as well, rather than having to type (void)foo; to keep it from complaining about unused parameters. -hpa