[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: use C99 __VA_ARGS__
On Tuesday 21 July 2009 15:26:14 Ian Jackson wrote: > Christoph Egger writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: use C99 __VA_ARGS__"): > > Attached patch switches tools to consistently use C99 __VA_ARGS__. > > What is the benefit of this ? Consistency in the whole tree in combination with two other patches (xen-kernel and minios) which I have not yet submitted. > Xen requires GCC and the GCC variable > argument list extension has been around forever, That's not a reason to stick on old things. > so it doesn't seem to aid portability. No, not in this case. But the other patch for the xen-kernel touches the public headers. AFAIK the public headers should follow the standard. > The GCC syntax is considerably prettier than the C99 one. This is subjective. Christoph -- ---to satisfy European Law for business letters: Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Karl-Hammerschmidt-Str. 34, 85609 Dornach b. Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas M. McCoy, Giuliano Meroni Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis Muenchen Registergericht Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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