Le 29/07/2025 à 23:07, aitor a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> On 29/7/25 11:47, Didier Kryn wrote:
>> Sorry Aitor, I don't know what is a "namely" function.
>
> My bad english is the culprit. I read something like this in the Linux
> kernel docs:
>
> "... There is one special case, namely functions: they have the
> opening brace at the beginning of the next line, thus:
>
> intfunction(intx)
> {
> bodyoffunction
> }
>
> ..."
>
> Now, reading it again, I understand that "namely" is used as an adverb
> understood to mean something like "i.e." or "they are". For example:
>
> "There are two types of solar energy, namely photovoltaic and thermal."
>
> The Linux page refers above to the opening brace at the beginning of
> the implementation of a function.
>

    Therefore, IIUC, they assume inconsistencies in the position of the
openning brace with respect to line-break and indentation. Their
problem... with all due respect for their great work.

--     Didier