Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:21:09 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] timers, pointers to functions and type safety |
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Hi!
> > > The other alternative has real _practical_ value in almost every case, > > > which I very much prefer. What's wrong with that? > > > > Lack of any type safety whatsoever, magic boilerplates in callback instances, > > rules more complex than "your callback should take a pointer, don't cast > > anything, it's just a way to arrange for a delayed call, nothing magical > > needed"? > > I admit the compile check in SETUP_TIMER() is clever, but this way all the > magic is in this place and is it really worth it? You're only adding _one_ > extra typecheck for mostly simple cases anyway.
Well, there are so many of these simple changes, that SETUP_TIMER() with its clever trick looks very useful. Pavel
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