Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:53:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:53:49 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:57756 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:53:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20021014.125234.102091817.davem@redhat.com> To: genlogic@inrete.it Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unhappy with current.h From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <3DAB1F00.667B82B5@inrete.it> References: <3DAB1F00.667B82B5@inrete.it> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 691 Lines: 15 From: Daniele Lugli Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:46:08 +0200 Moral of the story: in my opinion kernel developers should reduce to a minimum the use of #define, and preferably use words in uppercase and/or with underscores, in any case not commonly used words. Or maybe you should change your datastructure to not have member names the conflict with 7 year old well defined global symbols in the Linux kernel? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/