Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:43:05 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: <sys/queue.h> bikeshed proposal Message-ID: <45F6F0B9.8080702@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <864pop8pnt.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <39968.1173776514@critter.freebsd.dk> <864pop8pnt.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: >> It has always bothered me that some of the TAILQ macros need to >> know the struct name of the header type. >> [...] >> Obviously this is bikeshed fodder, but given how big a help <sys/queue.h> >> is programming-wise, and given that those four macros are comparatively >> seldomly used, I will propose to remove this wart from <sys/queue.h> >> under the banner of computer science in general and suffer the minor >> backwards compatibility issues it will cause. > > The backwards compatibility issues may be minor, but the > compatibility-with-other-BSDs issues aren't... > > DES please discuss this with Kirk as my memory is that he had a hand in the original implementation (or at least knew the story).
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