Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 19:23:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it>, FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: names of globale variables Message-ID: <199905040223.TAA09564@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199905040143.SAA01330@dingo.cdrom.com>
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:> 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 */ We can't change the struct name, but we could change the name of the globals... 'buf' and 'buffers' are only used in a couple of places. But... not now. Maybe in a few months when things are more settled down. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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