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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:35:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> cc: adobriyan@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] type safe allocator On Aug 2 2007 15:06, Miklos Szeredi wrote: >> On Aug 2 2007 16:04, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: >> >On 8/2/07, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote: >> >> fooptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct foo), ...); >> > >> >Key word is "traditional". Good traditional form which even half-competent >> >C programmers immediately parse in retina. >> >> And being aware of the potential type-unsafety makes programmers more >> careful IMHO. > >That's a _really_ good reason ;) Yes, a good reason not to use g_new(), so people do get bitten when they are doingitwrong. Jan -- - 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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