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Date:      Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:26:37 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: additional ifreq accessors?
Message-ID:  <62336.1586280397@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20200407172151.GB72584@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
References:  <20200407172151.GB72584@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>

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In message <20200407172151.GB72584@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>, Brooks Dav=
is writes:

>My question for the lists is: should we adopt the
>more-technically-correct accessors in FreeBSD or stick with
>slightly-cheaper and more conventional aliasing approach[0]?

The accessors buys us much more code-isolation, so that would be my vote.

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