Adam Spiers <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The documentation for the ALLOC_GROW API implicitly encouraged > developers to use "ary" as the variable name for the array which is > dynamically grown. However "ary" is an unusual abbreviation hardly > used anywhere else in the source tree, and it is also better to name > variables based on their contents not on their type. Sounds good. To follow "not type but contents", a further rewrite with s/array/item/ is even better, no? I can obviously squash it in without resending, if you agree, or you can point out why item[] is not a good idea and array[] is better. > > Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/technical/api-allocation-growing.txt | 14 ++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-allocation-growing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-allocation-growing.txt > index 43dbe09..3894815 100644 > --- a/Documentation/technical/api-allocation-growing.txt > +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-allocation-growing.txt > @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Dynamically growing an array using realloc() is error prone and boring. > > Define your array with: > > -* a pointer (`ary`) that points at the array, initialized to `NULL`; > +* a pointer (`array`) that points at the array, initialized to `NULL` > + (although please name the variable based on its contents, not on its > + type); > > * an integer variable (`alloc`) that keeps track of how big the current > allocation is, initialized to `0`; > @@ -13,22 +15,22 @@ Define your array with: > * another integer variable (`nr`) to keep track of how many elements the > array currently has, initialized to `0`. > > -Then before adding `n`th element to the array, call `ALLOC_GROW(ary, n, > +Then before adding `n`th element to the array, call `ALLOC_GROW(array, n, > alloc)`. This ensures that the array can hold at least `n` elements by > calling `realloc(3)` and adjusting `alloc` variable. > > ------------ > -sometype *ary; > +sometype *array; > size_t nr; > size_t alloc > > for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) > - if (we like ary[i] already) > + if (we like array[i] already) > return; > > /* we did not like any existing one, so add one */ > -ALLOC_GROW(ary, nr + 1, alloc); > -ary[nr++] = value you like; > +ALLOC_GROW(array, nr + 1, alloc); > +array[nr++] = value you like; > ------------ > > You are responsible for updating the `nr` variable. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html