Re: [patch] TANBAC TB0226(NEC VR4131) for v2.5

[Juan Quintela <quintela@mandrakesoft.com>]

>>>>> "ralf" == Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> writes:

ralf> On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:40:19PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> > I don't think there's much point in using ISO style initializers 
>> > everywhere.
>> > So far the convention is only to replace the GNU-style inializer.
>> > We unfortunately have a few places where the code got inflated by at least
>> > the factor of 3 because now some code uses the ISO initializers for
>> > everything - for no good reason.
>> 
>> What if someone will change struct resource in the future?

ralf> For the generic case that concern may be true - but I don't think struct
ralf> resource will change any time soon.  Imagine fixing all the drivers ...

Did you noticed that "they" changed the modules? and bio?

/me think that we have already had enough _big_ breakages to learn
that not using named initializers is a bad idea.

Later, Juan.

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