linux-kernel - Re: Coding style RFC: convert "for (i=0;i<ARRAY_SIZE(array);i++)" to "array_for

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Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:37:38 +0200
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Coding style RFC: convert "for (i=0;i<ARRAY_SIZE(array);i++)" to "array_for_each(index, array)"

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 03:47:50PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:

> Now that most of the sizeof(array)/sizeof(array[0]) conversions have
> been done (there are about 800 done and about another 130 left),
> perhaps it could be useful to change the code to use a define
> similar to the list_for_each
> 
> #define list_for_each(pos, head) \
> 	for (pos = (head)->next; prefetch(pos->next), pos != (head); \
>         	pos = pos->next)
> 
> perhaps
> 
> #define array_for_each(index, array) \
> 	for ((index) = 0; (index) < ARRAY_SIZE((array)); (index)++)

Could we please stop "improving" the C language? it has served us fine
so far.

Cheers,
Muli
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