From: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: increase the number of system call parameters
Date: 22 Oct 2001 22:37:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zo6j8ifp.fsf@noetbook.telent.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110221334200.1121-100000@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no> <k2r8rvvq3s.fsf@zero.aec.at>
In-Reply-To: Andi Kleen's message of "22 Oct 2001 14:03:35 +0200"
Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> writes:
> A note on design: if you have a function call that needs 12 arguments you
> probably forgot some[1] (in short it is a strong cue for a broken design,
> you should probably split it in smaller calls)
> [1] unknown author
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
-- Alan Perlis, SIGPLAN Notices Vol. 17, No. 9
<URL:http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html>
-dan
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-22 21:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-22 11:48 increase the number of system call parameters Roar Thronæs
2001-10-22 11:57 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-10-22 12:03 ` Andi Kleen
2001-10-22 21:37 ` Daniel Barlow [this message]
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