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Date:      Mon, 10 May 1999 09:46:43 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys types.h 
Message-ID:  <199905101546.JAA13757@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <23320.926310298@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <199905092221.IAA25882@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <23320.926310298@critter.freebsd.dk>

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> >>  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.
> 
> It is a temporary thing.

Based on previous history, your idea of temporary is '18-24 months',
which is not my idea of temporary.

(I'm *still* waiting for the TCL tools to be imported in the next couple
weeks. :) :) :) :) :)



Nate


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