Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war

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Hi,

Alan Cox wrote:

> The typing of min() is something I do agree with Linus about (for once 8)),
> and making people think about them is a good idea. When DaveM proposed the
> original his patches showed up a bug in the older ixj driver immediately.

No doubt, that it fixed bugs now. What I'm worried about is whether it
really avoids bugs in the future and isn't a new source of bugs.

bye, Roman
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