Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 15:59:43 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, julian@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Style fixups for proc.h Message-ID: <20030201235943.GA66200@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302011502090.55342-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <200302012246.h11MkEaX028068@grimreaper.grondar.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302011502090.55342-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 03:04:32PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> I don't know about the protection with a '_'.
>
> It's not standard and usually the name matches that used in the actual
> function.
>
> It's certainly not part of style(9) that I've ever noticed
> and it's generally noy done that way.. is there a move to do this on all
> the other files?
>
man 9 style
In header files visible to userland applications, prototypes that are
visible must use either ``protected'' names (ones beginning with an
underscore) or no names with the types. It is preferable to use pro-
tected names. E.g., use:
void function(int);
or:
void function(int _fd);
--
Steve
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