On 27/08/2017 at 15:37:51 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > >> +static inline int rtd119x_rtc_year_days(int year)
> > >> +{
> > >> + return rtc_year_days(1, 12, year);
> > >
> > > I'm not sure it is worth wrapping rtc_year_days
> > [snip]
> >
> > Well, I found your rtc_year_days rather confusing and had to play with
> > the arguments until I got it working as expected, so I wanted an inline
> > function (or macro) as abstraction from my three callers.
>
> I agree with that. I was wondering why 1st December was being used. I
> would say this API does not do too well on Rusty's API Design
> Manifesto.
>
It follows the convention that tm_mon is 0-11. Making it easy to read
for anyone used to the RTC subsystem. I can agree it is not the most
intuitive one. That choice predates the RTC subsystem (made in 1996), I
won't give any name ;)
> It does at least get the day/month/year in the right order ;-)
>
> Andrew
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