Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:51:11 +0100 (CET) | From | Julia Lawall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] posix-clock: Use an unsigned data type for a variable |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Reuse the type from this poll call instead. > > > > Why use uint when the function return type it unsigned int? > > Do you prefer to express the type modifier once more there?
I don't know what the sentence means, but I think that the type should be referenced in a consistent manner.
> > On the other hand, why is the function return type unsigned int > > when there is a return of a negative constant? > > This implementation detail can trigger further software development > considerations, can't it?
It would seem reasonable to address all of the signed/unsigned issues related to the function return value at once.
julia
> This is a general issue for the exception handling in several functions. > Would you like to improve any more source code around it? > > Regards, > Markus > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >
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