linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] stringbuf: A string buffer implementation

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:45:27 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] stringbuf: A string buffer implementation

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:30:35 -0600 Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:

> It's a matter of taste ... some people prefer to use accessors for
> everything, other people prefer to expose the underlying structure
> directly.

Experience tells us that when you use accessors you end up thanking
yourself later on.  Especially when diddling struct page ;)

Although one really should make a best-effort guess at "how likely is
this to change in the future".  If the implementation-to-be-copied
has been out there for a while then "not very" is a good answer.

But hey, don't listen to me - I like C++, and approve of Java.

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