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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 23:52:54 +0100 (CET) From: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> cc: Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] timers, pointers to functions and type safety Hi, On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Pavel Machek wrote: > > What exactly is the pita here? Al only came up with some rather > > theoretical problems with no practical relevance. > > Lack of type-checking in timers is ugly. It's a matter of perspective, a bit more type checking would be nice, but breaking the API just for that is ugly as well. Unless there is a bad need for it, I don't think it's worth it... bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org 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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