Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:50:08 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: Good Idea (tm): Code Consolidation for Functions and Macros that Access the Process Address Space |
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On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 07:58:55PM -0500, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: > SUBJECT: Good Idea (tm): Code Consolidation for Functions and Macros > that Access the Process Address Space >... > Remember, if a function call has no place for a returned value to go, > nothing bad happens; the returned value is simply ignored/discarded.
And the compiler warning?
> SOLUTION:
Get rid of the _ret forms. Their use is frowned on today anyway because they hide the real meaning of what the code is trying to do, and hiding the fact that a function can return in the middle of what looks like a macro call is _REAL_ _BAD_.
-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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