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From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@nortel.com>
To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Cc: Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: including .c files ?
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:05:55 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <489C60D3.2040201@nortel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3abfnk296.fsf@maximus.localdomain>

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> "Frans Meulenbroeks" <fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Generally I would expect that if the .c file contains some standalone
>>functionality then it should probably be a .c file on its own with a
>>well defined interface.
> 
> 
> Doesn't work when you need conditional compilation.

Sure it does...look at all the kernel Makefiles that compile code based 
on whether a config option is set.

In the case of the scheduler I suspect it's done to break a single 
logical file into several pieces for better readability.

Chris

  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-08 15:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-08 11:25 including .c files ? Frans Meulenbroeks
2008-08-08 14:30 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2008-08-08 15:05   ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2008-08-08 15:46     ` Krzysztof Halasa
2008-08-08 15:36 ` Rene Herman
2008-08-08 19:13   ` H. Peter Anvin

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