Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:09:09 +0200 | | From | Stelian Pop <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC, 2.6] a simple FIFO implementation |
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:00:50AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> wrote: > > > > Here is the updated patch. > > Looks good to me. > > You're using `head' as "the place from which `get' gets characters" and > you're using `tail' as "the place where `put' puts characters". So the > FIFO is, logically: > > > tail head > * -> ******************** -> * > put get >
That was the intent, yes.
> I've always done it the other way: you put stuff onto the head and take > stuff off the tail. Now I have a horid feeling that I've always been > arse-about. hrm.
Maybe I should use 'start' and 'end' as indices after all, they are less subject to confusion.
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