>> I don't like adding new apis with no user. > > Perhaps Jack Ping will send it as a first patch of his series where he utilizes > this functionality. Would it be acceptable? The proposed function can get wider application in a reasonable time frame if a corresponding script for the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software) would perform an automatic source code conversion (for example) according to your change acceptance. How do you think about to support a bit more collateral software evolution? Regards, Markus
