On 2020-09-11 15:07, Walter Harms wrote:
sys/sysinfo.h:extern long int get_phys_pages (void) for the real world i would say that long int == long but for the same reason i would say what the include says and stay away from discussions. jm2c, wh
I think that the man-pages don't need to follow other projects' inconsistencies. 'long int' == 'long', so I think it's better to be consistent here and hope that the other projects do that too.
A newbie may see 'long int' and 'long' used differently in the man-pages and wonder that there might be a good reason for that to happen, and won't understand why.
So I stand by this patch. Cheers, Alex