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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 03:04:55 +0200
From: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.20pre10aa1
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On 2002.10.12 John Levon wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 02:43:09AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
>> struct t_t;
>> 
>> to
>> 
>> typdef struct t_t t_t;
>
>Now wonder what the point of a typedef is when you have to expose the
>underlying type anyway ;)
>

Do not wonder of anything, it is just a hack people uses to avoid
spliting all kernel headers in public and private parts, ala X.

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