On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 13:04 +0100, David Howells wrote: > Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Standardize on no extern use on function prototypes > Can we please standardise on _having_ externs on function prototypes? Why? What value is there in using extern for function prototypes? Your argument for "picking out at a glance" https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/1/237 really doesn't make sense to me. Basically, anything with parentheses that's not a #define is an extern. Exceptions exist for extern function pointers, but those are fairly unusual anyway. Outside of netfilter, extern function pointers are only used about a dozen times total in the kernel tree. So, please provide some examples supporting your view. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
