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Date:      Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:35:29 +0100
From:      Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>
To:        gahr@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [patch] rename macro parameter list in cpufunc.h
Message-ID:  <20101228173529.GA38083@alchemy.franken.de>
In-Reply-To: <20101228132703.GC68770@gahrfit.gahr.ch>
References:  <20101228132703.GC68770@gahrfit.gahr.ch>

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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 02:27:04PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> sys/sparc64/include/cpufunc.h defines macro having a parameter named
> 'xor'. This is a reserved keyword in C++. For this reason, it is
> impossible to use this header in C++ (e.g., by including
> machine/atomic.h).
> 
> This patch [1] renames these parameters to _xor. Please review and/or
> approve (I need an explicit approval in order to commit to src).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> [1] http://people.freebsd.org/~gahr/cpufunc.h.diff

Hrm, I really don't like the inconsistency only renaming "xor"
introduces, rototilling the whole file also seems excessive though
(also that would get it closer to style(9)). Would wrapping it in
__BEGIN_DECLS or something like that work as an alternate solution?

Marius




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