Please, let us not be mailing-list Nazis. It was a further explanation of something quite pertinent to the kernel coding style. The kernel list proper advises to just ignore off-topic posts, and even now there have been 3 follow ups to that ONE offending post that have been equally off-topic. Bohdan Vlasyuk wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 11:18:49PM +0200, Per Persson wrote: > > > Comments on question "Why do a lot of #defines in the kernel use do > > { ... } while(0)?" in the FAQ: > It is described in any C-language FAQ, and has little to do with > kernel itself, so, probably, there's not much sence in describing it.. > > -- > GOD BLUSH AMERICA > - > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies > Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/