Re: lots of code could be simplified by using ARRAY_SIZE()

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

On Dec 16 2006 08:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> > but we already have, from "include/linux/kernel.h":
>> >
>> >   #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
>>
>> Hmmm. quite misleading name :-(. ARRAY_LEN would be better.
>
>i suspect it's *way* too late to make that kind of change, given that
>"ARRAY_SIZE" is firmly ensconced in countless places in the source
>tree and that would be a major, disruptive change.
>
>even *i* wouldn't try to promote that idea.  :-)

You know, you could always make it compat for a while, but that requires
approval from Linus I suppose /* heh, heh */

I don't even know if this will compile everywhere,
but I hope you can figure out the idea...

#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (print_warning(), sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))
#define ARRAY_LEN(x)  (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))
extern ...
void print_warning(void) {
    printk("Don't use ARRAY_SIZE anymore, it will go away\n");
}


	-`J'
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