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Date:      Sat, 20 Dec 1997 04:04:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        grog@lemis.com, julian@whistle.com, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bruce vandalism again
Message-ID:  <199712200904.EAA04490@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <19971219215030.56082@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Dec 19, 97 09:50:30 pm"

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John-Mark Gurney said:
> > I agree.  This appears to be a seriously retrograde step.  Bruce, why?
> 
> easy, don't you guys read style(9)?
>      Use of the __P macro in new code is discouraged, although modifications
>      to existing files should be consistent with that file's conventions.
> 
> all the other parts of the code in that file are K&R style... so you
> need to maintain that convention...
> 
If style(9) is broken, which apparently it is, then it should be fixed.
It isn't a religious document, but one that should change with the times.

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.



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