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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Slightly relax the type checking done by min() and
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:47:14 +0000 David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> wrote:

> > Blindly relaxing the rules is not an option in my opinion.
> 
> The point is I'm not really relaxing the rules.
> If anything I'm actually tightening them by allowing min() to
> be used in more cases - so letting the buggy min_t() casts be
> removed at some point in the future.

That sounds very virtuous.

It would be helpful to see a few "convert min_t to min" patches
to see this proposal in action.