Re: [PATCH 00/12] making the kernel -Wshadow clean - The initial step

[Krzysztof Halasa]

"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I think it's a good thing that we have to take a little more care when
> choosing global function and variable names... Take up() for example -
> in my (very humble) oppinion that is a very bad name for a global
> function - it clashes too easily with local function and variable
> names, and a programmer who's not careful may end up calling the
> global up() when he wants the local and vice versa (a much better name
> would have been sem_up() - should we change that???).

Possibly, but it could then conflict with something else. Anytime we
add/change some global symbol, we would have to scan entire kernel
for conflicts (authors of (yet) off-tree things would hate us).
I don't think it's practical, especially with, IMHO, no real gain.

> I don't agree with you and I don't know how to convince you, but I
> still appreciate your feedback.
> Thanks.

You're welcome. I'd be more happy if I could say I like the idea :-(

> I'll leave it to people higher in the hierarchy to decide if these
> patches should be applied or not ;)

Sure.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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