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

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 20:13:19 EST

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On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:
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> min(host->scsi.SCp.this_residual, (unsigned) DMAC_BUFFER_SIZE / 2);

Sure.

If you put the type information explicitly, you can get it right.

Which is, btw, _exactly_ why the min() function takes the type explicitly.

Linus

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