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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:42:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > it makes the code longer and harder to read.  there's a reason the core
> > > code doesn't use it, and the periphal code should do the same.
> > 
> > in your opinion.
> 
> of course.  but that it's not used in core code implies this opinion is
> widely shared.

Again, in your opinion.  To me it is a simple consequence of there not 
being a boolean type in the kernel so you cannot use it in the core code.  
Once there is such a type I would imagine users will appear in the core 
code over time.

Best regards,

	Anton
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