Re: [KJ] Taking the Min and Max macro job

[Vignesh Babu BM <vignesh.babu@wipro.com>]

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 08:15 +0100, Richard Knutsson wrote:
> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
> > Mehul like I said...xdr4.c needs a simple macro that does not check type
> > at all. 
> >
> > But the macro that would work in xdr*.c would look something like the
> > below:
> >
> > #define min_s(x,y) ((x)>(y)?(x):(y))
> >
> >
> > So either we modify min/max in kernel.h - this means a lot more cleanup
> > or add another macro say min_s/max_s --- s for simple :) 
> >
> > Unless we don't do that, it may not be possible to cleanup files like
> > xdr*.c
> >   
> What about __min/__max? At least I usually read the '__'-prefix as 
> something that is a subset of something (and most likely less secure).
> I wrote about this in "[KJ] [RFC] Regarding min/max" (07-02-03) bit 
> since I was not able to find an example I took it as a mistake on my part.
> 
> Richard Knutsson
> 

Richard are you suggesting a name like __min/__max? That would be great.
-- 
Regards,  
Vignesh Babu BM  
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