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To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
Subject: Re: portability sanity check 
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From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
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In message <20010221110831.A93816@hamlet.nectar.com> "Jacques A. Vidrine" writes:
: When you say ``resort to C macros,'' do you mean macros to hide the
: `type punning', or do you have something else in mind?

I had the queue macros in mind.  Hiding the type punning behind a
macro helps make sure it is used right, but even that can be a little
dubious.

Warner

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