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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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* Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > * Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > Are just utterly disgusting that turn perfectly readable code into an
> >> > unreadable, unmaintainable mess.
> >> >
> >> > You need to find some better, cleaner solution please, or convince me that no
> >> > such solution is possible. NAK for the time being.
> >>
> >> Well, I can just write all functions as is. Does it better confirm to kernel
> >> style?
> >
> > I think writing the prototypes out as-is, properly organized, beats any of these
> > macro based solutions.
> 
> You mean write out the prototypes, but use what for definitions? Macros again?

No, regular C code.

I don't see the point of generating all this code via CPP - it's certainly not 
making it more readable to me. I.e. this patch I commented on is a step backwards 
for readability.

I'd prefer repetition and a higher overall line count over complex CPP constructs.

Thanks,

	Ingo