Re: The reiser4 programming style is recursive?

[Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@gmail.com>]

Ralph Ulrich wrote:
> Is it true that the programming style of reiser4 is recursive style

what is a definition of recursive programming style?

>  and
> that this kind of style was rejected from the kernel developers?
>   

AFAIK they were unhappy with assertions and "coding nits"  like
if (foo) {
        bar();
}
Eventually akpm said that assertions are okay and guys send
cleanup patches against other issues once in a while.

> If  true: How much effort would it be to recode reiser4 to a style which
> has a chance of inclusion in the linux kernel?
>
> And if there will be a recoding effort to be made, wouldn't it be a
> great idea to use a cleaner and more modern programming language link D ?
>
> Thanks in advance for answering my more general questions.
> Ralph
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