[libfdt] RFC: Node iterators (v2)

[David Gibson]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 05:34:05PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> David Gibson wrote:
> > And here's a revised version.  This now also handles recursive
> > iteration and iteration across nodes without respect to depth.  I've
> > removed the for_each() macros for the time being, because they were
> > making my brain hurt, but I'm still contemplating bringing them back.
> > Several libfdt functions are now implemented using the new iterator,
> > so this ends up as a code-size-reducing patch.
> > 
> > I'm pretty happy with the basic outline of this now, although the
> > names and details might want a bit of polish still.
> 
> Can we get this merged?

Well, I'm back from holidays now, so I will resume looking at this.  I
hope we can merge it soon, yes.

> > +int _fdt_next_node(const void *fdt, int offset, int *depth)
> > +{
> 
> This is a public function; why the underscore?

Well, because I still think of it as a low-level "only use if you
really know what you're doing" type function (which is what _ is
supposed to indicate; truly private functions don't need the fdt_
prefix at all).

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