Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:49:18 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.8-dj1 : arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c error |
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>> I wonder if we can play the same trick we've played before .... >> haven't tested the appended, but maybe it, or something like it >> will work without the ifdef's? > > IMHO, this sort of trickery in the name of improving readability > is misguided. To me, anyway, the #ifdef's are much easer to read than > magic name-changing macros buried in a header somewhere.
Well, except that you can take that abstraction inside your head, and not worry about it when reading the mainline code. I don't really care one way or the other, at least io.h is readable now ;-)
M.
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