On 5/10/20 1:24 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> I view ATTRIBUTE_PURE, ATTRIBUTE_CONST as mainly an optimization hint. They
> produce diagnostics only if the attribute has been misplaced, or you can let
> the compiler suggest to you where these attribute would make sense. But what
> would be the diagnos
Hi Paul,
> ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL is not merely about compiler diagnostics; it's also
> about optimization. Similarly for ATTRIBUTE_RETURNS_NONNULL (which I think was
> primarily motivated by optimization).
OK, let me tweak the comment (patch below).
> Conversely, ATTRIBUTE_PURE,
> ATTRIBUTE_CONST an
On 5/10/20 10:20 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Let me try to reinstante the answer to 1. "Why, when", by grouping the macros
> according to their use-case.
Sure, that's OK. Some quibbles, though.
The distinction between compiler diagnostics and the other sections is somewhat
confusing. ATTRIBUTE_NON
Hi Paul,
> I went through
> the comments and tweaked them in a way that I hope makes them even clearer.
In doing so, unfortunately, in several places you removed the first sentence,
which answered the question "What is its use-case?".
Generally, it's a good guideline to structure the technical d
I wrote and Eric Blake agreed:
> | If gnulib implements a significant number of functions specified by glibc
> | - strsignal was just mentioned - then I'm in favour two additional chapters
> | * GNU libc Header File Substitutes
> | * GNU libc Function Substitutes
> | that makes it clear that th
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According to Bruno Haible on 1/7/2008 5:58 PM:
| I'm therefore in favour of putting this description under "Particular
Modules".
|
| If gnulib implements a significant number of functions specified by glibc
| - strsignal was just mentioned - then I'm
Eric Blake wrote:
> I'm installing these two commits:
>
> * modules/memmem-tests (configure.ac): Check for alarm.
> * tests/test-memmem.c (main): Avoid alarm on platforms that lack it.
Thanks for these.
> * doc/functions/memmem.texi: New file.
> * doc/gnulib.texi (Function Substitutes): Add memm
Hi,
I'm restructuring the gnulib documentation:
1) to separate the random notes from the documentation of individual modules,
2) to move the gnulib-tool invocation before all these detail descriptions,
because how to use gnulib-tool is now important for every gnulib user.
2006-10-21 Bru
