Subject: Re: proposed new KNF [was Re: Time to update KNF?]
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
From: Andy Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/18/2000 11:11:08
On Tue, 18 Jan 100, Darren Reed wrote:

> In some email I received from Luke Mewburn, sie wrote:
> [...]
> > /* Make the structure name match the typedef. */
> > typedef struct _bar {
> > 	int	level;
> > } BAR;
> [...]
> 
> I don't particularly like that.  My preference, personally, is to use "_t"
> to represent typedefs thus:
> 
> typedef struct _bar {
> 	int	level;
> } bar_t;
> 
> At least this way it is distinct from macros and enum's.

"_t" is reserved by POSIX - we should try to restrict its use.