Satyam Sharma wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > On 5/20/07, Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> depends on !PLATFORM_X || HELPER_N_ON_PLATFORM_X
...
>> This is a synthetic example which might not have a real-world application.]
>
> Well, it is not relevant / equivalent to any of the four symbols that caused
> the
> warnings that this thread is about, at least.
(Have I ever said that this concrete expression can be used in whatever
fix?)
...
> and as I said, this was totally *not* the problem being discussed /
> solved in this thread (and by that patch).
My point was not about that particular expression. My point was:
I'm not advocating any specific fixes or pseudo-fixes.
I'm advocating the notation of dependencies in the direction
"A requires B".
When I said "The standard and maintainable way (for drivers at least)
is..." I didn't mean the example expression, I meant the *direction* in
which the example was stating dependencies.
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Stefan Richter
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