From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr1-x441.google.com (mail-wr1-x441.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::441]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 800473857C7F for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:06:30 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 800473857C7F Received: by mail-wr1-x441.google.com with SMTP id m6so5835795wrn.0 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:06:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ajDUfmog3rMIQiryteNjEB+ggpuc1VVmxpTthNLwvLU=; b=MwNfPh9HVtXEUlKM3d16FVYQVMXLbQ036HIUyQBTx1LDpPYy8EQSW8IkmEmf0Lk/Lp 4c52preaRr5cXsHYDepthY28gSNIqsDTKjRG5j6uSoRuD2RHXa7UTgaDhoLhD7DvUWOQ NOxJF+rl2pwRK37XDNZvlBE4APcIu3TAfv+9TYCDvPY6Mr4867jum7JRHyc5sKoth26j g8aDGeAv2yZRgOkLVjczTbrjq9mtPVhw0uji4dc0fT+3a9RwCHAlUbf6heSRJCfLBlj4 /0UeR8C33ThQPw2YGWfFSq4mgAaMojoofaSxXOOelNoE6wC0rrzI+358Cs38huFniASq MV1Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530kYyc1pcbWkJEpoMevD+F/gaVRYBLvfItslxnqq+GAXHCa0pCO vIn2O5bHNxrXJCnYl9nLgi8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxspRD5UhTwm+9IFwF+IvGumBBRzORMtKFDsLIlZUXJfwc9J6lnyLrEjLraROoQsnhJxPekvw== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4104:: with SMTP id l4mr4943594wrp.396.1601391989557; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:06:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:a61:2479:6801:d8fe:4132:9f23:7e8f? ([2001:a61:2479:6801:d8fe:4132:9f23:7e8f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h17sm6820273wro.27.2020.09.29.08.06.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, g.branden.robinson@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] system_data_types.7: Improve "Include" wording and format, and explain it in NOTES To: Alejandro Colomar , Dave Martin References: <20200929142219.72683-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <20200929144324.GM6642@arm.com> <3dae4d7f-3c08-4f1c-47ce-8815255ca24c@gmail.com> From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: <7b4bcd7f-8e60-943d-b127-6926a53a29d3@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:06:27 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3dae4d7f-3c08-4f1c-47ce-8815255ca24c@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, KAM_SHORT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:06:32 -0000 > > Can we not just annotate each header listed with the originating > > standard, say: > > > > (C) > > > > (POSIX) > > ... (POSIX) > > ... > > That may be a good idea; I've thought about doing that in the past; > but also thought that it's still too much noise. > Let's see what others think about it. My thought is that maybe we can add this kind of info later, providing we find a concise way to do it. But, for now, already the info in the page is useful as is, and I don't want to stop the momentum of Alex's work. So, for now, I think let's carry on the current style. > The downside is that it adds a lot of lines, > being harder to read for types with too many headers (e.g., size_t). That is also my concern. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/