linux-kernel - Re: [patch 07/26] Add INIT_ARRAY() to kernel.h (update 2)

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:50:40 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 07/26] Add INIT_ARRAY() to kernel.h (update 2)

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 05:10:54PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Array initializers in the body of a function causes unbalanced brackets which
> syntax highlighting editors such as vim have problems with. Fix this by creating
> the INIT_ARRAY() macro.
> 
> It is used to declare arguments passed as function parameters such as:
> text_poke(addr, INIT_ARRAY(unsigned char, 0xf0, len), len);

> +#define INIT_ARRAY(type, val, len) ((type[]) {[0 ... (len)-1] = (val)})

While we are at useless macro territory, let's name it MAKE_ARRAY because
it's exactly what it does.
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