From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030296AbWGZAnx (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:43:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030298AbWGZAnx (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:43:53 -0400 Received: from omx1-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.179.11]:3255 "EHLO omx1.americas.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030296AbWGZAnw (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:43:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:42:46 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: ricknu-0@student.ltu.se Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, jeff@garzik.org, adobriyan@gmail.com, vlobanov@speakeasy.net, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, getshorty_@hotmail.com, pwil3058@bigpond.net.au, mb@bu3sch.de, penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de, larsbj@gullik.net Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 5) Message-Id: <20060725174246.6068437c.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <1153869727.44c6a79ff1b2b@portal.student.luth.se> References: <1153341500.44be983ca1407@portal.student.luth.se> <1153869727.44c6a79ff1b2b@portal.student.luth.se> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.3; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Richard wrote: > Regarding the #define false/true in include/linux/stddef.h: ... there > seems to be no use for it (other then userspace programs). We tend to be biased against doing things in kernel headers just for userspace programs. I'd suggest either (1) drop the #define false/true's, or (2) if a compelling userspace need is presented that wins the day, at least comment the dang defines. >>From the perspective of what's in the current kernel source, this pair of defines has lost all sense that I can see. So they need a justifying comment if they stay. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.925.600.0401