On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 01:13:45AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > But you'll need some background to it: > > > > You paint a somewhat one-sided picture bordering on FUD. > > Type based aliasing should at most have been an opt-in for code that > cares, not a turned-on-by-default feature for everyone. I want to know what is the problem with the restrict keyword? I'm sure I've read Linus ranting about how bad it is in the past... it seems like a nice opt-in thing that can be used where the aliases are verified and the code is particularly performance critical... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html