Hi Fabian, > >... the convention in many systems is to use a leading underscore for low level functions > that do little validation and should therefore not be used directly. > Thank you for the kind explanation. I wasn't aware about this low_level vs. leading_underscore convention. Make sense. Cheers, Stephan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ