Re: [PATCH v3] i2c documentation: rename variable "register" to "reg"

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Gmail. I just had a look at Documentation/email-clients.txt I thought
that selected unformatted text mode would be enough, but obviously it
wasn't. My bad :-(

Will be more careful next time I send a patch. I will use something else.

--
Jose



2014-08-27 23:30 GMT+03:00 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 08/27/14 12:57, José Manuel Alarcón Roldán wrote:
>> 2014-08-27 22:54 GMT+03:00 José Manuel Alarcón Roldán
>> <jose.alarcon.roldan@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> The example code provided with the i2c device interface documentation
>>> won't compile since it uses the reserved word "register" to name a
>>> variable.
>>>
>>> The compiler fails with this error message:
>>>
>>>  error: expected identifier or '(' before '=' token
>>>    __u8 register = 0x20; /* Device register to access */
>>>                  ^
>>>
>>> Rename the variable "register" to simply "reg"
>>> in the example code.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jose Alarcon Roldan <jose.alarcon.roldan@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/i2c/dev-interface | 10 +++++-----
>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
>>> index 3e742ba..2ac78ae 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
>>> +++ b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
>>> @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ Well, you are all set up now. You can now use
>>> SMBus commands or plain
>>>  I2C to communicate with your device. SMBus commands are preferred if
>>>  the device supports them. Both are illustrated below.
>>>
>>> -  __u8 register = 0x10; /* Device register to access */
>>> +  __u8 reg = 0x10; /* Device register to access */
>>>    __s32 res;
>>>    char buf[10];
>>>
>>>    /* Using SMBus commands */
>>> -  res = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(file, register);
>>> +  res = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(file, reg);
>>>    if (res < 0) {
>>>      /* ERROR HANDLING: i2c transaction failed */
>>>    } else {
>>> @@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ the device supports them. Both are illustrated below.
>>>    }
>>>
>>>    /* Using I2C Write, equivalent of
>>> -     i2c_smbus_write_word_data(file, register, 0x6543) */
>>> -  buf[0] = register;
>>> +     i2c_smbus_write_word_data(file, reg, 0x6543) */
>>> +  buf[0] = reg;
>>>    buf[1] = 0x43;
>>>    buf[2] = 0x65;
>>> -  if (write(file, buf, 3) ! =3) {
>>> +  if (write(file, buf, 3) != 3) {
>>>      /* ERROR HANDLING: i2c transaction failed */
>>>    }
>>>
>>> --
>>> 1.9.1
>>
>> Again something went wrong. Sorry about that :-(
>
> What email client are you using?
>
> --
> ~Randy
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