Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:48:40 -0400 | From | Josef Sipek <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] #define rwxr_xr_x 0755 |
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On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 09:34:11AM -0700, Handle X wrote: > On 7/27/06, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> wrote: > >On 2006.07.28 00:59:11 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > >> Every time I try to decipher S_I* combos I cry in pain. Often I just > >> refer to include/linux/stat.h defines to find out what mode it is > >> because numbers are actually quickier to understand. > >> > >> Compare and contrast: > >> > >> 0644 vs S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR vs rw_r__r__ > >> > >> I'd say #2 really sucks. > > > >IMHO #3 sucks more, it's not as easy to spot when glossing over the > >code, the underscores make it quite ugly (think _r________) and it's > >less "greppable". If I know that there's something that sets S_ISUID, I > >can easily search for that, compare that to [_cpdbl]{1}[r_]{1}[w_]{1}s... > I agree with Steinbink. But how about having macros like, > S_I0700, S_I0070, S_I6444 ..etc. They combine visual appeal of octals, > easy to grep, easy to decipher ...etc.
Even better!
Josef "Jeff" Sipek.
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