Christopher,
Do you have any comment on sparse giving warning of: sizeof(function_name)? The programmer usually mean sizeof(&function_name). But 729 said sizeof is such a special case the function degenerate into pointers does not work inside sizeof(). Should sparse give warning for sizeof(function_name) at all?
It's a question of intent. sizeof(function_name) was written, but was sizeof(function_name()) intended? Of course sizeof(&function_name) may have been written, but sizeof(&function_name()) was intended. But that & is an unusually thing to include in a function call, which makes it less likely that () were accidentally omitted. Is it reasonable to require people to add & to signal, yes I really do mean pointer to function? The indignity if having to type that extra character! I'm inclined towards generating warnings, since there is a way of making the warning to go away, e.g., add & or (). -- Derek M. Jones Software analysis tel: +44 (0)1252 520667 blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
