linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] #define rwxr_xr

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Date:	Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:59:35 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
cc:	Josef Sipek <jsipek@....cs.sunysb.edu>,
	Handle X <xhandle@...il.com>,
	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] #define rwxr_xr_x 0755

>> > >>       0644 vs S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR vs rw_r__r__
>> > >>
>> > >> I'd say #2 really sucks.
>> > >
>> > >IMHO #3 sucks more, it's not as easy to spot when glossing over the
>> > >code, the underscores make it quite ugly (think _r________) and it's
>> 
>> Even better!
>
>So now tell me how is S_I0644 better than 0644? S_IRUGO et al at least hide
>implementation details.

+1. 


Jan Engelhardt
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