On 06/06/2007 11:26 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
Yes, it's internal but given that this is open-source which, optimistically, is read many more times than it's written one should still strive for code that reads nice as far as I'm concerned. It's obviously also not hugely important but it's just that ZERO_SIZE_PTR makes my neck hair stand up.PTR_TO_NOTHING? PTR_TO_0BYTES?PTR_TO_0SIZE? PTR_TO_ZERO_SIZE? NOT_QUITE_NULL? :-)
Particularly like that one. Wouldn't object to that at all. Hey, they tell us it's just some inconsequential internal thingy anyway... :-)
FULL?
Almost as nice. DULL? BULL? NOTHING? EMPTY? <-- nice one as far as I'm concerned. Rene. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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