Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:53:42 +0200 (GMT-2)
From: Elmer Joandi <elmer@ylenurme.ee>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0"
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Nice to see again a two cutting-edge-killing opinions.

Every time I really wonder, how such brilliant hackers can be that stupid
that they can not have cake and eat it the same time, and have to scratch
each-others eyes every time.

Use macros.

Kernel has become so big that it really needs universal  debugging macros
instead of comments. Comments are waste of brain&fingerpower, if the same
can be explained by long variable names and debug macros.

static Subsystem_module_LocalVariableForThisPurpose;

int Subsytem_module_function_this_and_that(){
	DEBUG_ASSERT( Subsystem_module_LocalVariableForThisPurpose  == 0 );
	DEBUG_ASSERT(MOST_OF_TIME,FS_AREA,MYFS_MODULE, somethingaboutIndodes->node != NULL )
}


Those macros would be acceptable if they are unified and taken to
kernel configuration level, so it would be easy to switch them in/out 
not only as boolean option but systematically for different levels,
subsystems and modules.

elmer.


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