Re: [PATCH v2] tools/memory-model: Make compat with herd7 7.47 ("-" -> "_")

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Feb 13 2018 - 03:32:41 EST



* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cat-language code has used "-" as a word
> separator in names, and the model had previously had an odd mixture of
> "-" and "_". Hence, the switch to the cat-language convention.
>
> Of course, if underscore is strongly preferred, underscore does work,
> and it should be possible to move in that direction.

I'm fine with either of these variants, as long as it's consistent: the
idiosynchratic seeming mixture of both '-' and '_' convention looked odd to me.

If '_' is also more compatible with installed versions of the language, then I'd
go for that - but it's your call.

Thanks,

Ingo