Peter Foldiak wrote:
The convention (I think also approved(suggested?) by Linus at some point)...
P.S. I found the reference, I was referring here to http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.3/0537.htmlBy "cool", I mean more than just elegant, though elegant is often the sign of really useful. And obviously I don't see all possible (good and bad) consequences. Peter