Re: Stlye(9) strengthen statements on not using K&R function definitions
Gary Jennejohn <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:38:01 -0400 Shawn Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:31:17AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > Greetings > > > > I've posted a review https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35945 which strengths > > statements about K&R definitions and declarations: don't use them. Most of > > the K&R code has been removed from the tree (ufs being the last straggler). > > Future versions of the C standard will remove the K&R definitions and > > declaration syntax. clang 15 will whine about this construct. > > > > The time is ripe to move to language that suggests an outright prohibition. > > > > Comments about language? Make them in phabricator. > > Comments about the idea? Reply here > > FYI: I did notice the other day that less(1) strictly uses K&R. > Yes, but less is under contrib. The K&R purge should be limited to pure FreeBSD code IMHO. -- Gary Jennejohn