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Date:      Fri, 08 Nov 1996 02:24:38 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com, dyson@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: More info on the daily panics... 
Message-ID:  <199611081024.CAA05116@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Nov 1996 19:01:05 %2B0900." <Pine.SV4.3.95.961108173459.3290A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> 

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>>    We've been down this road before. The asserts model isn't very well liked
>> by a lot of people, including myself. It tends to bloat the sources with a
>
>I think there were more ayes than nays on the list the last time we talked
>about it.

   We don't make architectural decisions by majority vote. If there are a
significant number of people that have strong opinions against something,
then it's probably a change that shouldn't be made.

>Are you going to "out-stubborn" me again?

   I don't think you understand: I understand your position on this and the
benefits as you've articulated them are very clear. I simply disagree with
you on this topic. My opinion is that I don't like what it does to the sources
(adding lots of redundant and usually useless assertions), nor do I like the
style (macroized condition expressions). My opinion on this isn't going to
change, and I'm not the only core member who has this opinion.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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