Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:54:18 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: indent(1) and style(9) (was: btokup() macro in sys/malloc.h) Message-ID: <99Jan29.074452est.40330@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> >not speaking about vinum, but to me, the indentation of 8 char and >line length of 80 chars are almost mutually exclusive. > >See e.g. tcp_input.c ip_input.c and many network device drivers as >an example -- basically all places where, for efficiency reasons, >the code tries to expand in-line various block, According to most of the coding standards I've read, readability (and hence maintainability) come before efficiency. That said, I agree that efficiency _is_ an issue within the kernel's critical paths (the TCP/IP code being one). Judicious use of inline functions (and macros) should help move code to the left - and may even make it more understandable. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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