[PATCH 1/2] [v3][POWERPC] refactor dcr code
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Apr 19 13:04:26 EST 2008
> By current conventions; these should probably be static functions (but
> don't make them inline). The compiler will do the right thing with
> them. Functions are easier to validate by the compiler and sparse
> than #defines.
Not necessarily... yes we tend to prefer functions, but in that case
which is 100% a renaming trick, macros are fine and somewhat simpler.
There is no type difference and the macro will not prevent type checking
here.
Cheers,
Ben.
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