On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Boehm, Hans wrote: > > The compiler will select that at compile time. One has the > > option of also generating run time seletion by specifying a > > variable instead of a constant when callig these functions. > I would view the latter as a disadvantage, since I can't think of a case > in which you wouldn't want it reported as an error instead, at least if > you care about performance. If you know of one, I'd be very interested. In that case: We could check that a constant is passed at compile time. > The first form does have the advantage that it's possible to build up > more complicated primitives from simpler ones without repeating the > definition four times. What is the first form? The advantage of passing a parameter is more compact code and less definitions. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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