On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 11:40 AM Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Elliott, > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 09:19:56AM -0700, enh wrote: > > > I think a consistent use of operation instead of option would improve > > > things. We just need to make sure it's consistent. > > > > i certainly like that idea philosophically --- i actually tried to use > > the minimal number of different words when naming arguments in > > bionic's headers, to minimize the number of words folks who don't > > speak english would need to learn. > > > > looking at man7, i note that ioctl() and ptrace() have "request". > > fcntl() has "command". flock() has "operation". > > Hmm, interesting. I think operation would be the most accurate one. > What do you think? Should we uniformize by using operation in all three? "operation" is certainly the most general, and i struggle to see any value to the current wording --- it's not like any of them help the reader know "what goes here" without accompanying documentation. TL;DR: "yeah, if you change the man pages, i'll definitely change Android's headers to simplify them in this way" (and i have no particular opinion about _which_ word, and that sounds like a bikeshed it's not worth going near :-) ). > Cheers, > Alex > > -- > <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
