Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: flags_t | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 24 Aug 2000 17:22:18 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Cesar" == Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@nitnet.com.br> writes:
Cesar> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:05:04PM +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> No it wouldn't, on some architectures it is safe to do >> safe_flags() on a short type, like a short which can then be used >> in the architecture specific code.
Cesar> Then the typedef could be architeture-specific. Or you could Cesar> use two typedefs.
No it shouldn't, when using it in data structures you want it as is as unsigned long for proper alignment of data.
>> typedef's for the sake of typedef's is not a good idea.
Cesar> It's not for the sake of it, it's for extra type safety.
Wrong, a lot of people keep thinking lets add yet another 500 typedef's but they don't buy you anything except complexity and confusion. You can still play games directly on the original data type.
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