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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:28:36 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
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Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> >...
> > +             if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
> > +                     BUG();
> >...
> 
> Is there a reason against intruducing BUG_ON in 2.4? It makes such things
> more readable.
> 

I hate BUG_ON() :)  It's arse-about so you have to stare at it furiously
to understand why your kernel still works.

I hope the Nobel committee is reading this mailing list: how
about assert()?

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