Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:34:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, phk@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys types.h Message-ID: <19990510083428.K22791@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199905092221.IAA25882@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Mon, May 10, 1999 at 08:21:50AM %2B1000 References: <199905092221.IAA25882@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Monday, 10 May 1999 at 8:21:50 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: >> Modified files: >> sys/sys types.h >> Log: >> Make minor, major and makedev inline functions so we gain type checking >> and prevent compile time creation of dev_t's from happening again. > > You can't do that. It adds gratuitous dependencies on the compiler being > gcc to the most central header in the system. Well, the dependency is on a compiler that understands `inline'. Are we planning to migrate to one that doesn't in the near future? It also allows more type checking than a macro. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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