On Monday 09 May 2005 00:01, Yani Ioannou wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > On 5/8/05, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core at ameritech.net> wrote: > > Hi Yani, > > > > Yes, I see what you mean. But I think what we might need is actually 2 > > void * pointers, something like "attribute_data" and "instance_data". > > Macros would initialize "attribute_data" but not "instance_data". This > > way their usage is clearly defined and there hopefully less confusion. > > > > -- > > Dmitry > > > > The naming might make the distinction in use, but nothing is really > stopping anyone from using one or the other and it might even confuse > further (i.e. not understanding the difference, using both, using the > wrong one). Since the two would be mutually exclusive Why would they? Consider something like generic show function you give it a pointer to data you want to be printed in instance_data and a pointer to format string in attribute_data and that's it. -- Dmitry
