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Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] wireless.h: Add STD_IW_HANDLER macro

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On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 13:23 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 23:21 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Copied from orinoco, initialize a iw_handler array entry
> > +#define STD_IW_HANDLER(id, func) \
> > +	[IW_IOCTL_IDX(id)] = (iw_handler) func
> Three objections.
> 1) STD_IW_HANDLER is a poor name for a header.  The name should start
> with IW, just like those above and below it.

Is IW_HANDLER ok with you?

> 3) Abstracting a cast is bad unless it's the whole purpose of the macro.
> While Orinoco needs the cast, other drivers may not need it.  Using a
> cast could prevent gcc from finding a legitimate problem.

I've no objection to moving the casts to the uses
of the macro where necessary.

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