linux-kernel - Re: struct should not be named same way as function in sony-laptop

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Message-ID: <20080103111543.GS27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:15:43 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	malattia@...ux.it, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: struct should not be named same way as function in sony-laptop

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 12:01:54PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Naming struct and function by same name is evil. Rename the struct.

Um... why?  It's not even particulary bad style per se...  Occurs less
frequently than things like
	struct foo *foo;
but nothing inherently terrible and not likely to cause any kind of
confusion.
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