Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:07:57 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Robert Drehmel <robert@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net inet.3 Message-ID: <20020816175616.U6226-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200208152033.g7FKXi6V003503@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Robert Drehmel wrote: > robert 2002/08/15 13:33:44 PDT > > Modified files: > lib/libc/net inet.3 > Log: > Put each function argument on its own line to keep lines shorter > than 80 columns. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.24 +6 -1 src/lib/libc/net/inet.3 The limit of 9 macro args was fixed a year or two ago, and backslash/newline in man pages has worked for much longer, so man pages should be changed away from using the ugly .Fo ... .Fc construct and not towards it. Especially when you change the corresponding non-ugly C construct in the opposite direction :-). (Some people prefer old-style ANSI function declarations (with one physical line per parameter) to new-style ANSI function declarations (with all parameters on 1 longical line). The separate lines at least provide a good place to put comments on the parameters in C declarations. This advantage doesn't apply to prototypes in either C code or man pages.) Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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