[PATCH] Various pages: SYNOPSIS: Use VLA syntax in function parameters

Jonathan Wakely jwakely.gcc@gmail.com
Tue Nov 29 16:53:45 GMT 2022


On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 16:49, Joseph Myers wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2022, Michael Matz via Gcc wrote:
>
> > like.  But I'm generally doubtful of this whole feature within C itself.
> > It serves a purpose in documentation, so in man-pages it seems fine enough
> > (but then still could use a different puncuator to not be confusable with
> > C syntax).
>
> In man-pages you don't need to invent syntax at all.  You can write
>
> int f(char buf[n], int n);
>
> and in the context of a man page it will be clear to readers what is
> meant,

Considerably more clear than new invented syntax IMHO.


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