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From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...>
To: David Brownell <david-b@...>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, Linux Arch Mailing List <linux-arch@...>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers
Date: Monday, March 3, 2008 - 12:50 am

David Brownell wrote:

"Less intrusive" in the sense of smaller line count for this particular 
patch, perhaps, but it makes it less obvious when reading the code 
what's going on (a size override in an entirely different file). 
Additionally, I'm hoping these kind of things can be used elsewhere; the 
C99 <inttypes.h> facilities are really quite nice once you get over the 
rather ugly look of them, and I for one definitely miss having access to 
the in the kernel.

	-hpa
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[PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-si..., H. Peter Anvin, (Sun Mar 2, 8:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., David Howells, (Mon Mar 3, 6:57 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Russell King, (Mon Mar 3, 7:43 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Mar 3, 8:40 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Mar 3, 1:03 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., David Howells, (Mon Mar 3, 8:15 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Segher Boessenkool, (Sun Mar 2, 11:20 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Mar 3, 12:45 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Segher Boessenkool, (Mon Mar 3, 4:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., David Brownell, (Mon Mar 3, 12:14 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Mar 3, 12:50 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Matthew Wilcox, (Sun Mar 2, 10:38 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Mar 3, 12:43 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Al Viro, (Mon Mar 3, 2:20 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Mar 3, 2:12 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., Al Viro, (Mon Mar 3, 2:32 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specifi..., H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Mar 3, 2:28 am)
[PATCH 2/2] Use U64_C() instead of casts in kernel/time.c, H. Peter Anvin, (Sun Mar 2, 8:09 pm)