On 2020-09-29 17:13, Dave Martin wrote:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 05:06:27PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Can we not just annotate each header listed with the originating
> standard, say:
>
> <stddef.h> (C)
>
> <sys/types.h> (POSIX)
> ... (POSIX)
> ...
That may be a good idea; I've thought about doing that in the past;
but also thought that it's still too much noise.
Let's see what others think about it.
My thought is that maybe we can add this kind of info later,
providing we find a concise way to do it. But, for now, already
the info in the page is useful as is, and I don't want to stop
the momentum of Alex's work. So, for now, I think let's carry
on the current style.
The downside is that it adds a lot of lines,
being harder to read for types with too many headers (e.g., size_t).
That is also my concern.
OK, that's fair -- I agree that the page makes a valuable contribution
already, so it makes sense to merge it in its current form and think
about improvements (if any are warranted) afterward.
Apologies for the noise!
Cheers
---Dave
Hi Dave,
No problem, suggestions are welcome!
Actually, I want suggestions for that page.
Actually, I should apologize for the noise...
I don't know, but I may have sent a few hundred emails to this list in
the past 4 weeks :p
Cheers,
Alex
