>> I propose to encode helpful information into macro calls as needed >> for the C programming language. > > Perhaps it would be useful to for you to express what you are > proposing in the form of a patch? I hope that some of our communication difficulties on this topic can be reduced also by other means. > On the "benefits" side of the equation, is there are ways in which it > will directly benefit the kernel developers who will need to review > the patches and review the annotations, that can be demonstrated immediately? Do you find a macro like “__must_check” useful enough to increase the development of further annotations? > If the costs are very small, then the requirement for demonstrating > great benefits will also be small. Would you like to reconsider these concerns according to better software documentation at all? Regards, Markus
