Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Constant byteorder macros. | Date | 21 Jan 2000 12:46:23 -0800 |
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Followup to: <20000121154727.A2247@ZhengHe.augustin.thierry> By author: Francois-Rene Rideau <fare@tunes.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Anyway, in such cases as this one where a satisfying patch is available, > it costs more to argue about the issue than to apply the patch. Doesn't it? >
No, this isn't a cleanup. This is going backwards toward a harder-to-read kernel. __builtin_constant_p() is so widely used in the kernel that saying that we should avoid it for <instance foo> is silly. Use it throughout and make the code easier to read, thanks.
-hpa -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
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