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SubjectRe: Improved <linux/lists.h>
Also sprach Borislav Deianov:
} On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 07:02:53PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
} >
} > One technique which is used in the kernel is to, if possible, place the
} > primary list_head member of a structure at the top of the struct.
} >
} > This allows you to reference the structure itself as if it were a list,
} > sometimes saving you a few keystrokes...
}
} Sounds dodgy to me... You still need a cast, and then one day you'll
} forget and rearange the fields of your struct and the compiler won't
} even warn you. Maybe places in the kernel that do that should be
} fixed?
}
Plus, as per the CodingStyle doc, it's a "feature" of C. One that escapes
the mind of most programmers, especially newer ones. Saving keystrokes
shouldn't be the goal. Speeding up code should be the goal.

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|| Bill Wendling wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu

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