From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262128AbTJANil (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:38:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262153AbTJANik (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:38:40 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:17292 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262128AbTJANik (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:38:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:38:38 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Pavel Machek Cc: Matthew Wilcox , ACPI mailing list , kernel list , len.brown@intel.com Subject: Re: [ACPI] ACPI blacklisting: move year blacklist into acpi/blacklist.c Message-ID: <20031001133838.GM24824@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20031001101826.GA3503@elf.ucw.cz> <20031001122412.GJ24824@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20031001133104.GA21626@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031001133104.GA21626@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 03:31:04PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Why do they need to be externs? The comp.lang.c FAQ suggests they don't > > have to be. > > > > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q1.11.html > > Well, they don't *have* to be there, but as FAQ says, it is stylistics > hint. I think "being in a .h file" is a sufficient hint ;-) -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk