On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 22:51 -0500, Josef Sipek wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:45:50AM +0000, Mark Williamson wrote:
> > > > Why are you defining all these structs that are just wrapping unions?
> > >
> > > The reason for the union is simple...
> ...
> > I guess that having a union foo * rather than a struct foo * would be a bit
> > unconventional in the kernel. The named struct / anonymous union combo does
> > hide the union as merely an implementation detail, which is nice. Was this
> > your motivation?
>
> That's exactly it. Save space & hide the details.
Why? What is so special about the details that you need to hide them?
This is a union that will always be part of a structure anyway.
Trond
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