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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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From: Gerrit Huizenga <gh@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.21 - list.h cleanup 
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206110128130.1987-100000@home.transmeta.com>, > : Li
nus Torvalds writes:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
> >
> > Worst sin is that you can't predeclare typedefs.  For many uses (not the
> > list macros of course):
> > 	struct xx;
> > is sufficient and avoids the #include hell,
> 
> True.

Untrue.  Or partially true (yes, you *can* use struct xx;).

But you can also use:

typedef foo_t;

to predefine, just like you can use struct xx;

Also avoids some aspects of #include <hell>.

gerrit
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