Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:33:48 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@misha.cisco.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for review: changes to if_vlan.c Message-ID: <199903032033.PAA19606@misha.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990303122335.jdp@polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Mar 3, 1999 12:23:35 pm"
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> > Now I'll stir the other pot and say that performance isn't the > > issue- the issue is that there's nothing that says that strings and > > identifiers are always easier to use and/or understand than numbers. > They are a lot more extensible, though. With strings, you generally > have to modify and recompile only the portion of the code that > implements new functionality. The client code doesn't have to be > modified or even relinked. May the strerror(3) be a good example of how to deal with numbers AND strings? -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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