From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Perches Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] include/net: next set of extern removals Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:05:52 -0700 Message-ID: <1375376752.2034.60.camel@joe-AO722> References: <24958.1375358650@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1375374560.2034.52.camel@joe-AO722> <1375375486.10515.170.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Howells , netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-hams-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-afs-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org To: Eric Dumazet Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1375375486.10515.170.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 09:44 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: > 'extern' in include files are an easy way to have a grep friendly > marker, and otherwise are harmless. > > _You_ believe they are useless, other people think otherwise. I believe I wrote superfluous. > I learned C 30 years ago, and using 'extern' is quite natural for me. I think I've got a few years headstart on you. All that means is we're both relatively old... cheers, Joe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html