Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:42:03 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern uipc_mbuf.c Message-ID: <38209.1032604923@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Sep 2002 02:16:27 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209210211420.23681-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209210211420.23681-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju lian Elischer writes: >Probablyu this misunderstanding comes because under irix (and pfilter >supports irix) the m_length() function has the functionality >that Darren seems to be talking about. It's an unfortunate fact that >this obvious name has been used before.. Personally I think >it ould be better named as m_tally or m_iterate or something.. > >I expect something called m_length to be more the irix definition >of "the cannonical way to get the length of the packet at all times". >So I think it's an unfortunate choice of name. Ahh, So _that_ is why Darren flew totally off the handle. I am not particularly attached to the name m_length(), feel free to rename it. m_tally() seems a good choice to me. Gee, how much easier things would be if Darren could be bothered to state his agenda, rather than to just try to smash things into submission. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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