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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 08:36:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
To:        eivind@yes.no (Eivind Eklund)
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys time.h
Message-ID:  <199804231236.IAA23320@hda.hda.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980423130550.30970@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Apr 23, 98 01:05:50 pm"

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> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 01:36:19PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > >eivind      1998/04/22 17:11:32 PDT
> > >
> > >  Modified files:
> > >    sys/sys              time.h 
> > >  Log:
> > >  Wrap timerclear in do { ... } while(0)
> > 
> > Wrong fix.  The do-while(0) hack is bogus for macros that expand to an
> > expression.
> 
> I strongly  disagree.  Such macros should most definately have
> do { ... } while(0) protection, to avoid people depending on the fact
> that they just happen to be expressions.  Otherwise, we're inviting
> people to depend on implementation details.

Given no specification for timerclear pre-existing behavior
should be maintained.  Given a specification that says it behaves
as if it returns void you're right.

Peter

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