Hi all!
On Die, 2015-07-21 at 11:04 +0530, Amit Pandey wrote:
[... crap deleted ...]
> Please let me know whether I was clear with the explanation.
It was clear and it is total and absolute crap:
- first, check with the .h (and .c) files in the kernel (and all others
which get it right), that it is *not* as described above.
- second, the above approach may work (if done right) but has a some
severe drawbacks and disadvantages:
* you have to duplicate (lots of times!) the 3 lines ("#ifndef ...",
"#define ...", "#endif" to all files (.c and .h) where on actually
#includes the .h file.
* imagine a .c file with 10 #include - you get 30 additional lines.
And 10 is probably not the a large number for this.
* you rely that in all places people use the very same #define macro
for the same .h file - which is way to error-prone to use the
pattern.
For non-crap solution: just look into one .h file in the kernel (or read
other answers in the thread) - no duplication etc. .....
BTW that is nothing that the Linux kernel created but everyone uses that
in the C/C++ work since ages .....
Kind regards,
Bernd
--
"I dislike type abstraction if it has no real reason. And saving
on typing is not a good reason - if your typing speed is the main
issue when you're coding, you're doing something seriously wrong."
- Linus Torvalds
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