Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:48:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
cc: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>,
       Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com>,
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Subject: Re: lots of code could be simplified by using ARRAY_SIZE()
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> >>> Indeed, there seems to be lots of potential clean-up there.
> >>> Including duplicate macros like:
> >>>
> >>> ./drivers/ide/ide-cd.h:#define ARY_LEN(a) ((sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0])))
> >>
> >> not surprisingly, i have a script "arraysize.sh":
> >...
> >
> >This could also come in the flavor "sizeof(a) / sizeof(*a)".
> >I haven't checked if there are actual instances.
>
> Even  sizeof a / sizeof *a
>
> may happen.

yes, sadly, there are a number of those as well.  back to the drawing
board.

rday

p.s.  you know, once i nail this script, somebody better apply the end
result.  :-)
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