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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Save the length of inserted breakpoints
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:04:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufykg37nk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200604132213.k3DMDeBX026776@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> (message 	from Mark Kettenis on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:13:40 +0200 (CEST))

> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:13:40 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
> CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > FWIW, I agree with Daniel: it is better to pass a struct than its
> > individual members, especially if we expect different targets to use
> > different members of that struct.  In other words, passing a struct
> > eases future maintenance pains.
> 
> And it obfuscates the interface.

I can't believe you really think that passing a struct instead of its
several members obfuscates the interface in any significant way; GDB's
code is replete with instances of passing a struct of which the caller
uses only a small part.

I understand that you want to make a point, but let's not exaggerate
our arguments to such a ridiculous degree.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-04-14  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-02 22:25 Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-02 23:13 ` Mark Kettenis
2006-03-02 23:19   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-03  0:08     ` Mark Kettenis
2006-03-03  1:21       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-03 13:51   ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-03 15:03     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-03 17:56       ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-03 18:04         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-03 22:00           ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-03 22:10             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-03 22:35               ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-03 23:01                 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-04 10:39                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-04 14:58                     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-04 15:05                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-04 15:11                         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-06 19:49                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-07  5:31               ` Michael Snyder
2006-03-04  0:35             ` Steven Johnson
2006-03-04 10:18               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-11 21:46   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-11 22:32     ` David S. Miller
2006-04-12  7:30     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-12  9:44     ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-12 12:57       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-12 18:38         ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-12 18:47           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-13  8:12             ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-13 22:13               ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-13 22:59                 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-13 23:30                   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-14  8:10                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-14  8:52                     ` David S. Miller
2006-04-14  8:04                 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-04-14  8:51                   ` David S. Miller
2006-04-16 23:58                   ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-17  7:07                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-13 21:57             ` Michael Snyder
2006-04-13 22:59               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-16 23:53                 ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-16 23:50               ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-17  1:41                 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-17 13:09                   ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-17 13:37                     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-17 13:50                       ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-17 19:08                         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-17 20:25                           ` Mark Kettenis
2006-04-17 21:50                             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-18  8:59                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-18 19:21                             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-04-19  7:40                               ` Eli Zaretskii

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