Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:13:30 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH] Remove list_t infection. |
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David S. Miller wrote: > A list node is markably different from "the list" itself. > > A "list" is the whole of all the nodes on the list, not just one > of them.
Quite.
And that is why there should be _two_ types:
1. struct list 2. struct list_node
With these two types, `list_add' et al. can actually _check_ that you got the arguments the right way around.
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