On Jan 18, 2008 6:02 AM, David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, *destroying* an object is not a metadata operation -- it destroys > the data as well. This is kind of a philosophical point, but an object does > not have a "does this object exist" piece of metadata. If an object does not > exist, it has no data. So destroying an object destroys the data and is thus > a write/modification operation on the data. >
In C++ you can delete a const pointer. Now I know kernel hackers aren't especially impressed with C++ but maybe someone could look up the rationale for that design decision (I couldn't find it). It might shed some light on this discussion. /DM -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
