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From: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] via-rhine: WOL band-aid
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:45:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041130234526.GA32741@k3.hellgate.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41ACFFA0.2030904@pobox.com>

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:17:52 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I don't object to the patch, but I wonder if anything can be done to 
> reduce the usage of "magic numbers" (numeric rather than named constants)?

That's a non-trivial task if you want to do it properly. There be dragons.
Magic numbers may be evil but at least they are honest and convenient.

Roger

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-30 23:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-30 22:40 [PATCH 2.6] via-rhine: WOL band-aid Roger Luethi
2004-11-30 23:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-11-30 23:45   ` Roger Luethi [this message]
2004-12-02 22:40     ` Jeff Garzik
2004-12-01  0:46 ` [PATCH 2.6] via-rhine: WOL band-aid (patch against 2.6.9) Sven Ladegast

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