Re: [PATCH] byteorder: force in-place endian conversion to always evaluate args

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Harvey Harrison wrote:
>> For what it's worth, the way to write a macro like this:
>>
>> #define __cpu_to_be64s(x) ((void)(x))
> 
> If you've looked at the byteorder rework I've done in -mm, these get
> unified in a single include/linux/byteorder.h and look like:

[inline functions]

What I meant with the above, was that it seems poorly understood how to 
write an empty "function-like" macro.

Obviously, inline functions don't have this problem, and is generally 
better anyway (type-safe even in the empty condition, for example.)

	-hpa