In message <20020909.011539.122194350.davem@redhat.com> you write:
> I want *you* to feel the pain, not spread it around by leaving turds
> throughout the code long after the bug is forgotten:
>
> Aha, but it is you putting the turd comments all over. I'm
> suggesting to put the turd in one place, the header file.
.... and every user of it...
> And how difficult is it to discern which initializers were
> needed? Hmmm let me see, if it was all zero --> removing it
> is harmless.
Let's not get onto initializer wars: I initialize all my variables
exactly once, so there's serious semantic difference between "static
int x;" and "static int x = 0;" in my code.
> Both of us are advocating adding shit to the tree, the only argument
> is which stinks less from a maintainence perspective.
Hey, I'm not stopping you sending a patch to Linus, but given how we
deprecated compilers on x86, I don't think he'll have sympathy for
you in 2.6.
Rusty.
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