From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [216.205.24.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4C99382E071 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 21:10:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org B4C99382E071 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-427-pG8swbrqNGeNqtRVYmXC4Q-1; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:10:05 -0500 X-MC-Unique: pG8swbrqNGeNqtRVYmXC4Q-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBD376409B; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 21:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-112-56.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.56]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B1A9614FA; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 21:10:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Zack Weinberg Cc: Alejandro Colomar , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] makecontext.3: Fix function declarator with empty parentheses. References: <20210304194534.130735-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:10:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Zack Weinberg's message of "Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:10:30 -0500") Message-ID: <87v9a6hbgt.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, 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: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:10:10 -0000 * Zack Weinberg: > This is actually the Austin Group=E2=80=99s primary rationale for depreca= ting > makecontext and its relatives. That's a bit surprising because open and fcntl have a similar problem: the argument type before the ellipsis cannot be int. And doesn't a later C standard add a generic function pointer type? Thanks, Florian