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Subject: Re: svn commit: r243019 - head/sbin/route
From: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> wrote:
> A> Can the IN_CLASS[A-C]_NET... definitions go away as well?
>
> They are defines that don't generate any code.
>
> Also, on this mailing list I've promised once not to remove them :)

I'm glad you remember :)

Andre, they are used (for better or for worse) in a multi-site
database synchronization protocol that currently works portably across
operating systems.  Removing them would change the semantics of that
protocol in a subtle way that might introduce breakage.

-Ben Kaduk