Re: return void expressions in C (Was: [PATCH 3/6] Rework pretty_print_commit ...)

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sep 27, 2007, 22:56 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0709271554560.3579@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070910183256.GD32442@artemis.corp>

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote:

>
>   Okay, I stand corrected, but as I'm curious, I've now the Truth about
> this, for those who still care at that point (as the patch has been
> fixed in the next round anyways ;p)

The

	void fn1(void);

	void fn2(void)
	{
		return fn1();
	}

thing is a gcc extension. It happens to be one we use in the kernel too, since it makes for nicer-looking source code in some circumstances, but it's definitely nonstandard.

		Linus