From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Herbert Rosmanith <herp@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: min/max status?
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 07:55:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B8D0267.83C11572@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200108290911.f7T9Btb06402@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at>
Herbert Rosmanith wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> I'd like to know of min/max will stay in kernel.h in their current (and
> fucking ugly, IMO) form or if they eventually will be moved to something
> like type_min() type_max().
>
> I've read a lot of emails contra the 3-parm. min/max macros. Does our
> supreme deity listen to HIS followers or is this more like a
> "le etat est moi" --- "der kernel bin ich" question?
If you are so blindly opposed to the min/max thing, just use
if (x > z) {
go do thing
}
else {
go do other thing
}
Otherwise, get over it and lets move on.
Ben
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2001-08-29 9:11 min/max status? Herbert Rosmanith
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