Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:42:54 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> To: mjacob@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a code reduction function addition to cam_xpt Message-ID: <02408F0C-838D-496A-8BE3-6049C9E77C76@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20061204202639.B20246@ns1.feral.com> References: <20061119161631.L44297@ns1.feral.com> <3bbf2fe10611191631h6883b862uf8088533913a7bc6@mail.gmail.com> <20061120221153.GA5155@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <3bbf2fe10611201418m15d50703m37d9d5620e5c832d@mail.gmail.com> <20061204150922.F18492@ns1.feral.com> <20061205140644.Q28464@delplex.bde.org> <20061204192720.P19791@ns1.feral.com> <ADB526BA-A898-431A-97DA-30DF3ACD7264@FreeBSD.org> <20061204202639.B20246@ns1.feral.com>
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On Dec 04, 2006, at 20:27 , mjacob@freebsd.org wrote: >> On Dec 04, 2006, at 19:27 , mjacob@freebsd.org wrote: >>> IOCCC? >> >> http://www.ioccc.org/ >> >> Consider this another vote for "function" ;) > > Bruce is usually less indirect. What gives? Multi-line #define's are 'orrible (IMO) -- of course, our tree is littered with them, but it's highly preferable to have a function over a define, particularly when it comes to reading the code n months later, trying to track something down. In this particular case, the minimal overhead of calling a function rather than having it inline (via #define) is vastly outweighed by code-readability, and reduction in kernel size. -aDe
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