Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:21:34 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup() macro in sys/malloc.h Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901280116340.304-100000@s204m82.isp.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <33685.917511275@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <199901280222.VAA14212@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman writes: > ><<On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 18:00:54 -0800 (PST), Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> said: > > > >> Please do go ahead and update it.. the experts agree! > > > >I haven't seen any experts involved in this discussion yet. It's > >probably after bedtime down there in oz. > > It's been discussed before and agreed upon. Actually it was discussed before and no agreement was reached.. The people with the biggest mouths yelled longest and loudest as usual and the sensible people said. "It's like talking to 6 year olds", and gave up. There are times when extra braced and parens stop bugs from being introduced, due to the form of the code. There is no mention in style(9) of "readability" being a criteria for braces, which is ludicrus. julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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