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Re: [PATCH] lib: Documentation: Synchronize %p formatting documentation

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  Re: [PATCH] lib: Documentation: Synchronize %p formatting  documentation Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com> - 2015-09-22 20:50 +0200

#1230730 — Re: [PATCH] lib: Documentation: Synchronize %p formatting documentation

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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 08:40:03PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 21 2015, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2015-09-21 at 11:13 +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
>>
>>> Move all pointer-formatting documentation to one place instead of
>>> keeping it in three places with different level of completeness.
>
>I've had a patch titled "vsnprintf: collect documentation in one place"
>lying in a misc_printf branch for a while now, so I certainly like this.
>
>> I think we still need at least one in the code. I, for example, often
>> read it from the actual c-file, not from documentation.
>
>I'd really prefer actually collecting it in that single place, under
>Documentation/, but I guess eliminating one redundant copy is better
>than nothing...
>

And the second copy (in the code) will be way shorter, simply serving
as a hint as opposed to the full blown documentation.  I just need to
go through each modifier to make sure all of them are mentioned in
both places.  I'll try to find some spare time tomorrow.

>Rasmus

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