Re: bug in checkpatch (on pointers to typedefs?)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>]

On Feb 14 2008 10:06, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:43:58PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> 
>> On Feb 10 2008 15:33, Marcin Slusarz wrote:
>> >Checkpatch in current mainline outputs following errors:
>> >
>> >$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -q --file ./fs/udf/misc.c
>> >ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
>> >#205: FILE: fs/udf/misc.c:205:
>> >+       tag *tag_p;
>> >            ^
>> 
>> I'd say "don't add any new typedefs" (and perhaps get rid of old ones).
>
>It should be doing that at the site of the new typedef :)
>
Additionally, yes.
Given:

typedef struct {
	...
} tag_t;
void foo(void)
{
	tag_t name;
}

A user adding

+	tag_t newthing;

could at the same time give the struct a name if it already does not
have one and instead use

+	struct tag newthing;

then.