And so it begins...
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Arnd Hanses wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:52:57 +0200 (MET DST), Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> wrote:
>
> >I do not see what the difference is, other than a few more
> >lines of code.
>
> The difference is a generic one (no special connection to OS/2 at
> all!): Easy configuration/extensibility and adaption to unique
> situations:
>
> Arnd> My general problem with hiding 'magic' deep down in the code is
> Arnd> bug-fixing and extension to special needs: Things are
> Arnd> unnecessarily complicated if you don't have all the 'magic'
> Arnd> nicely collected at your disposal in a table in config.h,
> Arnd> etc. Well written code should be flexible.
You've already shown in other patches that you can put a macro in a header
file. Just rewrite the macro as an inline function in an os-specific
header and all your prayers have been answered. This is what JMarc meant
by a few more lines of code (I think).
Allan. (ARRae)
P.S. After tonight there's only one episode of Babylon 5 to go :-(
Woe is me. Luckily the neighbourhood video shop has all the episodes
from the first two series that I missed! Yay!.
