On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:01:00 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > And since when is uint32_t wrong? What makes u32 or __u32 better? There's not much to be said in favour of u32, really. Except it's shorter and I can never remember where the underscore goes in uint_32t. If kernel used u_int32_t globally then the world would probably be a better place. But using just the one name has its advantages from a consistency POV. box:/usr/src/linux-2.6.21> grep -r '[ \(]u32' . | wc -l 39599 box:/usr/src/linux-2.6.21> grep -r '[ \(]uint32_t' . | wc -l 5132 CodingStyle permits either variant, fwiw. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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