Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:21:26 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: <sys/queue.h> bikeshed proposal Message-ID: <864pop8pnt.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <39968.1173776514@critter.freebsd.dk> (Poul-Henning Kamp's message of "Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:01:54 %2B0000") References: <39968.1173776514@critter.freebsd.dk>
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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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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