From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io1-xd44.google.com (mail-io1-xd44.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d44]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68FAD3851C35 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:06:33 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 68FAD3851C35 Received: by mail-io1-xd44.google.com with SMTP id z25so1417560iol.10 for ; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 06:06:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LtOofo94PCMfjpw9R/jhuE3xavKmxW8EYRlrREI1JLE=; b=Qm9l88uBMAbS1Mu++PDQWZwFY4kgdgTBhDGfSZPQqBT5rE/z6xJyIqWmbYelxa1OwM IWJxbKKSfU/ffAfweYUSo7j9f66byshZM/tBtCvko2cheJyhpj1GkkIXM0V9+liKlLtY 7SeSQn+tiUEMv+xva81KvO0sNVYOdWo1Or9/ZklPGNor/lhH922Yhxi5pO8INv406cKC ku1wvzjOzJOuryX5YjV+Fj9LHBtNcxpN7rNAuwC6ymqUGh6FByBhaSZNQRqpjP8E67w/ mcoUSjh+NzAG6zLyUZiSEWtPJXFGOHrexXxKSc5XfgzmGXN17wtrgBlcpR5DRwvJBLsy woFg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530cKsOlxOlKkoeqr/p4WBIUAWb7dm6N1OtB5z/2OIr9WPf24YNj V6hMjFFjrP6oXbMQF0qnzYwPSFuYpao62Rzo9TXKc3nqniA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw5L9jHE6rrtKMYan3FuRwtSrzDv3Snjif+ZR+ivIIsYcRSdFnZVMtwsWEro2HbimAei/kCumA2xQuMd7ig6pw= X-Received: by 2002:a02:ccdb:: with SMTP id k27mr2093934jaq.103.1601643992923; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 06:06:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <41affebd-3354-9420-0048-bffd14535e95@gmail.com> <20201001154946.104626-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> <538b683f-01d2-6148-4f1d-1b293eb5cd6b@cs.ucla.edu> <4b86f6e9-0d8a-f14a-73ce-ebbdc9d9edba@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Jonathan Wakely Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:06:20 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *' To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: Alejandro Colomar , Paul Eggert , linux-man , GNU C Library , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, 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: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:06:35 -0000 On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:31, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:49, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 09:28, Alejandro Colomar via Gcc wrote: > > > However, it might be good that someone starts a page called > > > 'type_qualifiers(7)' or something like that. > > > > Who is this for? Who is trying to learn C from man pages? Should > > somebody stop them? > > Yes, I think so. To add context, Alex has been doing a lot of work to > build up the new system_data_types(7) page [1], which I think is > especially useful for the POSIX system data types that are used with > various APIs. It's definitely useful for types like struct siginfo_t and struct timeval, which aren't in C. Trying to document C seems like a huge task, ill-suited for man-pages, and not worth the effort. Maybe some people prefer man pages, but for everybody else https://en.cppreference.com/w/c already exists and seems like a better use of time.