Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 10:56:15 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Mike Heffner <mikeh@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: QUEUE macros considered harmful (was Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/lam lam.c) Message-ID: <200102090855.f198ti905417@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <200102090735.IAA31362@info.iet.unipi.it> ; from Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> "Fri, 09 Feb 2001 08:35:35 %2B0100." References: <200102090735.IAA31362@info.iet.unipi.it>
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> Simple example taken from the firewall code: Simple examples don't cut the cake. Complex use of linked list code is _dramatically_ simplified by use of queue(3) macros. The formal structure and consistent use (even if not the most obvious use, nor the most intuitive at first). > the manpage says that LIST_ENTRY(TYPE) "declares a structure", > but 'TYPE' is not really a type, (the real type 'struct TYPE'), > and the macro declares a type, not the actual object. The LIST > macros are then used as follows: Fix the documentation, then! :-) M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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