Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types

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From	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types
Date	Sun, 03 Sep 2017 01:00:01 +0200
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On Sat, 2017-09-02 at 23:03 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Oh, btw, is there any purpose in listing a number in front of each
> type?

Not really.  I did that because I wanted a header
and because I had no idea how many of those types
existed and I was too lazy to count.

> It makes it look like one can pass that number instead of the
> type name, however it doesn't work, and I don't think it should as the
> numbering isn't stable and could change with any update of the script.

True.

> Can't we simplify the output and simply print the list of type names?

<shrug>  If you want.

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[PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-09-02 18:00 +0200
  [PATCH 2/3] checkpatch: rename variables to avoid confusion Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-09-02 18:00 +0200
  [PATCH 3/3] checkpatch: add 6 missing types to --list-types Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-09-02 18:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-02 18:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-09-02 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-09-02 23:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-03 01:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add missing types to checkpatch.pl --list-types Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-09-04 10:10 +0200

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