Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files

2013-08-01 Thread Arend van Spriel
On 08/01/2013 02:21 PM, David Howells wrote: Joe Perches wrote: Using the extern keyword on function prototypes is superfluous visual noise so suggest removing it. Using extern can cause unnecessary line wrapping at 80 columns and unnecessarily long multi-line function prototypes. Suggested-

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files

2013-08-01 Thread David Howells
Joe Perches wrote: > Using the extern keyword on function prototypes is superfluous > visual noise so suggest removing it. > > Using extern can cause unnecessary line wrapping at 80 columns > and unnecessarily long multi-line function prototypes. > > Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa > Signed

[PATCH] checkpatch: Warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files

2013-07-24 Thread Joe Perches
Using the extern keyword on function prototypes is superfluous visual noise so suggest removing it. Using extern can cause unnecessary line wrapping at 80 columns and unnecessarily long multi-line function prototypes. Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa Signed-off-by: Joe Perches --- On Thu, 201