Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:24:01 -0500 | | From | Masami Hiramatsu <> | | Subject | Re: trace/events: DECLARE vs DEFINE semantic |
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Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > * H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com) wrote: >> On 12/02/2009 02:57 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: >>>> >>>> TRACE_CLASS - Declares a class >>>> TRACE_CLASS_EVENT - defines an event for said class >>>> TRACE_EVENT - Declares a class and defines an event (as is today) >>> >>> Yep, it looks good! It's self-descriptive and don't require to explain >>> what the thing is doing each time we refer to it. (however I feel a bit >>> sad for Fred, Wilma and Barney) ;) >>> >> >> Although you have to admit it's a bit confusing that: >> >> TRACE_EVENT = TRACE_CLASS + TRACE_CLASS_EVENT >> >> ... as opposed to ... >> >> TRACE_CLASS_EVENT = TRACE_CLASS + TRACE_EVENT >> >> -hpa > > Then I would say that TRACE_EVENT should probably not have the > side-effect of declaring a globally-reuseable class. Maybe under the > hood it could create a privately-named class, but I don't see how it can > be re-used by following TRACE_CLASS_EVENT without causing confusion. > > I'd go for: > > TRACE_CLASS - Declares/defines a class > TRACE_CLASS_EVENT - Declares/defines an event for said class > TRACE_EVENT - Declares/defines a private class and declares/defines an event
Agreed, I'd rather like this naming. :-)
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Thank you!
-- Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com
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