Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 16:45:49 +1000 (EST) From: proff@suburbia.net To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WHY? ...non-use of TAILQ macros... Message-ID: <19970412064550.18557.qmail@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <334E7ED4.794BDF32@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Apr 11, 97 11:11:32 am"
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> Garrett Wollman wrote:
> >
> > <<On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:39:39 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said:
> >
> > >> > kern_lockf.c: while (ltmp = overlap->lf_blkhd.tqh_first) {
> >
> > >> 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).
>
> and me
>
And me. Either somthing is encapsulated or it is not. It isn't desireable
to have internals "leaking out" like this.
--
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