Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:11:26 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WHY? ...non-use of TAILQ macros... Message-ID: <199704110211.TAA01113@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:14:06 EDT." <199704110114.VAA05848@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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><<On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:39:39 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said:
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>>> > kern_lockf.c: while (ltmp = overlap->lf_blkhd.tqh_first) {
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>>> 2. Because they are unnecessary.
>
>> Well, that begs the question of qhy they are being used in declarations
>> and elsewhere, then, doesn't it?
>
>I never said that the declaration macros were unnecessary. I said
>that macros like TAILQ_FIRST are unnecessary. Some people disagree
>(notably David G. and Justin).
Actually it was Poul-Henning who added those and I don't recall
agreeing that I liked it. In fact, I recall thinking that it was
completely unnecessary, but I don't think I made any comment at the
time.
-DG
David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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