On Wednesday November 23, [email protected] wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:31:14AM -0800, Lever, Charles wrote:
> > so i don't remember why you are removing xdr_decode_string. are we sure
> > that no-one will need this functionality in the future? it is harmless
> > to remove today, but i wonder if someone is just going to add it back
> > sometime.
>
> It's unused and you said:
> the only harmless change i see below is removing xdr_decode_string().
>
As 'xdr_decode_string' (sometimes) modifies the buffer that it is
decoding, I don't think it's usage should be encouraged. If it is no
longer in use, then I fully support and encourage removing it.
NeilBrown
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