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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] Documentation: doc-guide: use '%' constant indicator in Return: examples
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:17:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ilamz4j5.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230703232030.8223-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:

> Use the 'constant' indicator '%' in the examples for the
> Return: values syntax. This can help encourage people to use it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221121154358.36856ca6@gandalf.local.home/
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
> v2: in Subject, spell 'examples' correctly;
>     Add Link: and Acked-by: Steven
>     add Note:
>
> Note: %-ECODE or -%ECODE both work well.
>
>  Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst |   10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I'm not convinced that this %notation really helps the documentation
rather than just cluttering...but for now we have it, so I've applied
this.

Thanks,

jon

      reply	other threads:[~2023-07-14 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-03 23:20 Randy Dunlap
2023-07-14 19:17 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]

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