Re: more spewage (Re: sparse segfault on ppc64)

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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:07:41 -0700 Christopher Li wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:02:22AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > Well, sparse is often also an "arbiter of good taste".
> > 
> > "Technically correct" or "..but gcc accepts it" are secondary to "does the 
> > source make sense".
> > 
> > For example, gcc accepts a *lot* of insanity when it comes to attributes 
> > in odd places. That doesn't necessarily mean that sparse should accept it.
> 
> Points taken. 

Ack.

> Sparse can parse it and warn about it. It is still better than
> the obscure parser error from sparse.

Yes, thanks.

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