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SubjectRe: [RFC] timers, pointers to functions and type safety
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:21:09AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 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.

I agree with Al, Matthew and Pavel. The current timer stuff is a pita
and needs fixing, and it seems Al has come up with a good way to do it
without adding additional crap into every single user of timers.

There *are* times when having the additional space for storing a pointer
is cheaper (in terms of number of bytes) than code to calculate an offset,
and those who have read the assembly code probably know this all too well.

Al - I look forward to your changes.

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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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