is there a standard for putting the name of a source file in the file?

[Sascha Hauer]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:39:48AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> 
> > On 08:48 Sun 18 Nov     , Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >
> > >   as i'm working my way thru the lib/ routines in barebox, i notice
> > > that some source files there, like getopt.c, conveniently have the
> > > filename right at the top:
> > >
> > > /*
> > >  * getopt.c - a simple getopt(3) implementation. See getopt.h for explanation.
> > > ...
> > >
> > > i really like this habit as it makes it easy to send a file to the
> > > printer and not forget what the file was.
> > >
> > >   however, most of the files in lib/ don't have that.  as i work my
> > > way through the files, i'd be happy to add something like that to each
> > > file, and submit the changes all as one patch.  is there a standard?
> > > from what i can see, there's quite the variety in how people add that
> > > to a source file.
> > >
> > >   i'm open to guidance and i can take it from there.
> > no this is a pain in the ass to maintian when we move file
> >
> > I' drop it and I'm against it
> 
>   ok, that logic makes sense, i'm good with that.

Me aswell. Tools like a2ps also print the filename ;)

Sascha


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