Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: simplify the output of --list-types

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Sep 04 2017 - 11:48:44 EST


On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 10:08 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Drop the header and numbering of types. This format was confusing as
> it suggested one could pass the number instead of the type name,
> however it did not actually work, and numbering wasn't stable anyway.

<shrug> If it makes you happy.

I suppose a bigger improvement would be to detail
the purpose of each type.

Most are fairly obvious, some like MEMSET are
a bit obscure.

Another defect:

The list also includes types that are commented out.