[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/57] RFC: Move arch-specific global data into its own structure

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Tom,

In message <20121203145414.GE15777@bill-the-cat> you wrote:
> 
> > > - The change makes the code less readable.  Reading "gd->arch."
> > >   instead of plain "gd->" is no improvements, but rather vice versa.
> > >   If we really go this way, this should be improved.
> > 
> > Yes it would be nice. Are you suggesting some sort of macro, or
> > something else?
>
> Wolfgang?  "global data, architecture specific goo, ..." reads fine and
> helpful to me, honestly.

Well, maybe, at first glance. But when you read (and write) it again
and again and again it quickly becomes a PITA.  It's similar to a
nested pull-down menu - when you use it the first time, it's nice that
you don't have to remember the exact command name and/or options to
perform operation foo - but when you find yourself doing this many
times a day, you will highly prefer to type a short command on the
command line over having to pull down three or four nested levels in
some pull-down menu.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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