Re: Mark bitrevX() functions as const

[Jeff Garzik]

David Howells wrote:
> Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > * naked __attribute__ is ugly.  define something short and memorable in
> > include/linux/compiler.h.
>
> I'm not sure that's a good idea.  You have to be careful not to cause confusion
> with ordinary "const".

It's all in the naming.  You could call it 'purefunc' or somesuch.

__attribute__ is very very ugly, an hinders a quick scan of the function 
prototype, particularly if it has a boatload of other attributes.


> > * another annotation to consider is C99 keyword 'restrict'.
>
> Indeed, though I presume you don't mean in this particular case...

Correct.

	Jeff



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