On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 12:27:26PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:53:59 +0800 > Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The 'functions' directive is not only for functions, but also works for > > structs/unions. So the name is misleading. This patch renames it to > > 'specific', so now we have export/internal/specific directives to limit > > the functions/types to be included in documentation. Meanwhile we improved > > the warning message. > > I agree with the others that "specific" doesn't really make things > better. "Interfaces" maybe; otherwise we could go for something like > "filter" or "select". > Jonathan, How about 'identifier' suggested by Matthew as it is mentioned in Then C spec? > Paint mine green :) > > Whatever we end up with, I think it should be added as a synonym for > "functions". Then the various selectors that are actually pulling out > docs for functions could be changed at leisure - or not at all. I'd > rather not see a big patch changing everything at once. > Sure, I'll make 'functions' deprecated and as an alias to our new directive name. > Thanks, > > jon -- Cheers, Changbin Du
