Possible solution for min()/max() war
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Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war
From: Linus Torvalds ([email protected])
Date: Mon Aug 27 2001 - 23:59:41 EST
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There were a few alternatives that we looked at (or rather, David implemented, and I ended up rejecting due to various reasons), but they all boiled down to "how do we sanely generate min/max functions while at the same time forcing people to understand the types in question". Some of the intermediate patches had the type in the macro name, ie things like "
min_uint()" and "min_slong()". The final version (ie the one in 2.4.9) was deemed to be the most flexible.
Reading the whole (entertaining) thread my question is: couldn't the
min/max change wait until 2.5? It seems to "break" some code and that should not happen in a "stable" stream?
Martin
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