On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 04:00:09PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >+Please don't use things like "vps_t".
> >+It's a _mistake_ to use typedef for structures and pointers. When you see a
> >+ vps_t a;
> >+in the source, what does it mean?
> >+In contrast, if it says
> >+ struct virtual_container *a;
> >+you can actually tell what "a" is.
> >+
> >+Lots of people think that typedefs "help readability". Not so. They are
> >+useful only for:
> [...]
>
> What about task_t vs struct task_struct? Both are used in the kernel.
task_t => struct task
struct task_struct => struct task
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