linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions' to 'specific'

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Message-ID: <20191016004821.GI32665@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:48:21 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
Cc:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, Tim.Bird@...y.com,
        jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com, corbet@....net,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel-doc: rename the kernel-doc directive 'functions'
 to 'specific'

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 08:03:24AM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 04:54:39AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:25:53AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > > My preference would be to use 'symbols'.  I tried to come up with something
> > > > but 'symbols' is better than anything I came up with.
> > > 
> > > Maybe 'interfaces' or 'artifacts'. The term 'symbols' is just as
> > > imprecise as 'functions'.
> > 
> > I suggested 'identifier' because that's the term used in the C spec (6.2.1):
> > 
> > : An identifier can denote an object; a function; a tag or a member
> > : of a structure, union, or enumeration; a typedef name; a label name;
> > : a macro name; or a macro parameter.
>
> I also prefer this one now. I was looking for something like this. My original
> idea is 'prototype', but that is only for function.

We could also go with 'declaration' or 'definition'.  But I prefer
'identifier'.