From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757099Ab3HARFz (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:05:55 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:59272 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752667Ab3HARFx (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:05:53 -0400 Message-ID: <1375376752.2034.60.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] include/net: next set of extern removals From: Joe Perches To: Eric Dumazet Cc: David Howells , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:05:52 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1375375486.10515.170.camel@edumazet-glaptop> References: <24958.1375358650@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1375374560.2034.52.camel@joe-AO722> <1375375486.10515.170.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 09:44 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: > 'extern' in include files are an easy way to have a grep friendly > marker, and otherwise are harmless. > > _You_ believe they are useless, other people think otherwise. I believe I wrote superfluous. > I learned C 30 years ago, and using 'extern' is quite natural for me. I think I've got a few years headstart on you. All that means is we're both relatively old... cheers, Joe