Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:33:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:33:41 -0500 Received: from tapu.f00f.org ([66.60.186.129]:52679 "EHLO tapu.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:33:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:40:39 -0800 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Olaf Dietsche Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@rustcorp.com.au Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.47: strdup() Message-ID: <20021117044039.GA1860@tapu.f00f.org> References: <87d6p63ui2.fsf@goat.bogus.local> <20021117000806.GB443@tapu.f00f.org> <873cq1nfhk.fsf@goat.bogus.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <873cq1nfhk.fsf@goat.bogus.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 519 Lines: 16 On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:37:27AM +0100, Olaf Dietsche wrote: > So you like duplicate code? Well, to each his own. Not at all. I'm just not sure I like strdup being *easy* to use at it leads to misuse. Admittedly this is a very poor argument for not having it. --cw - 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/