Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 01:01:11 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: error when compiling kernel with SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <199804030901.BAA29913@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Apr 1998 17:22:05 %2B0900." <19980403172205.30045@papillon.lemis.com>
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>>> Wouldn't it have been possible to hide this change with a macro, like >>> was done with the reorganization of the buffer headers under 2.2.6? >> >> no. > >Yes. Prove me wrong. And yes, I know that the form you chose makes >it almost impossible, but that's no excuse. Let's for a moment assume that it was possible to use macros in this case. As someone who generally hates macros in C code, I personally think that would be a step backward. So I think Poul's decision to do it the way he did was the right one. My opinion, of course. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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