Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:06:43 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cpuset release ABBA deadlock fix |
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>> + (void) call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, 0); > >ick. Why the cast?
Because K&R (also the 2nd ed) does it. Unfortunately, K&R is always recommended as a book, and apparently many readers therefore get addicted to casts. Hell, you even see it [unnecessary casts] in today's books.
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