From owner-cvs-all Mon Jul 23 12:31:16 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from arb.arb.za.net (arb.arb.za.net [196.7.148.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 056A137B403; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:31:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by arb.arb.za.net (8.11.4/8.11.3) with UUCP id f6NJUja67129; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:30:45 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (mark@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f6NGHQg64239; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:17:26 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200107231617.f6NGHQg64239@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: Brian Somers Cc: Assar Westerlund , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libutil ecalloc.c emalloc.3 emalloc.c erealloc.c estrdup.c Makefile libutil.h References: <200107230223.f6N2Nfg14201@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: <200107230223.f6N2Nfg14201@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> ; from Brian Somers "Mon, 23 Jul 2001 03:23:41 +0100." Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:17:26 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > So we disagree. You believe these short functions bring consistency > to our code. I believe that they obscure things and make them less > portable. > > If anybody else wishes to chime in and express an opinion, now's a > good time. I've said my piece and won't push this any further unless > concensus says I should. I'm with Brian. Although the e*() functions have a strong natural appeal, they are not present in any libc implementations, and until they are by general concensus, making them here is just going to make the libiberty/libroken mess worse. M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message