Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:43:09 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: names of globale variables Message-ID: <199905040143.SAA01330@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 May 1999 23:20:35 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990503231631.3991A-100000@heidi.plazza.it>
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> > Isn't the choice of the variables names below a bit odd? It crashed my > machine three times because of a typo (buf instead of buffer) in the > USB Communications Class Driver. > > Wouldn't some more elaborate names be more appropriate to avoid these > problems? "struct buf" is actually a very longstanding BSD tradition. I don't think we would easily be able to rename it, no. > sys/buf.h: > > extern int nbuf; /* The number of buffer headers */ > extern struct buf *buf; /* The buffer headers. */ > extern char *buffers; /* The buffer contents. */ > extern int bufpages; /* Number of memory pages in the buffer */ -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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