From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:48:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:48:45 -0400 Received: from pc3-oxfo3-0-cust171.oxf.cable.ntl.com ([213.107.68.171]:26891 "EHLO noetbook.telent.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:37:18 -0400 to: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: increase the number of system call parameters In-Reply-To: From: Daniel Barlow Date: 22 Oct 2001 22:37:46 +0100 In-Reply-To: Andi Kleen's message of "22 Oct 2001 14:03:35 +0200" Message-ID: <87zo6j8ifp.fsf@noetbook.telent.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andi Kleen 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 -dan -- http://ww.telent.net/cliki/ - Link farm for free CL-on-Unix resources