On 10/7/05, Rudo Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Or make it a "const static" variable, so compiler will check types and
> > everything, but the symbol will not be present in the binary, causing
> > no overhead. So it could be:
> >
> > const unsigned PREFETCH_PAGES = (SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * swap_prefetch * \
> > (1 + 9 * laptop_mode));
>
> This won't work, AFAICT. swap_prefetch and laptop_mode are variables,
> but with the code above, they would be evaluated only once. And maybe
> the compiler will reject that code immediately...
Ah... yes, you're right! These may change in runtime.
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