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		jclulow 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating S... FWIW, some of us still do this in C programs today. Having a relatively unique prefix for struct members makes it extremely easy to find uses of those members with relatively simple tools like cscope.

ajross 5 months ago | [–]

Heh, tools. I just put an "XX" on the front of a field I want to refactor and see what breaks.

kragen 5 months ago | [–]

Can't cscope tell you everywhere a given struct type is used?

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