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Re: Question about header file documentation
For my self, I'm using
http://lxr.linux.no/source/
which permit to find where functions are declared, where they're used.. and to
find differences between the kernel versions.
Stephane
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 04:16:16PM -0400, Michael F. Brown wrote :
> cscope is also great utility for accomplishing this:
>
> http://cscope.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> -Michael F. Brown, Sym API - EMC Corp.
>
> email: mbrown@emc.com
> phone: (800) 445-2588 x11390
>
> "I wonder if pawns just realize that they're just pawns
> in someone's (chess) game." -L. Fitzgerald Sjöberg
>
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:46:16 +0100
> > From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk>
> > To: Chris Snow <chris@baldric.uwo.ca>
> > Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org
> > Subject: Re: Question about header file documentation
> >
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > > However, it seems like none (or very few) of the kernel header files do
> > > this. Is there a particular reason that I don't see ??
> >
> > I can't answer for the various authors but I wouldn't do it because
> > it's duplicating information easily obtained in another way, e.g.
> > ctags, and unlike a mechanical method can become out of date and be
> > mis-leading, as can many comments.
> >
> > Comments can be useful, but never believe them. :-)
> >
> >
> > Ralph.
> >
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