From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: pappasbrent@Knights.ucf.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Thoughts on replacing macros with static inline functions
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:05:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1ovtZ3-0004on-Mj@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83r0y4idy8.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:45:19 +0200)
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I agree -- there is nothing wrong with macros, and we should
not make it or goal to eliminate the use of macros.
Macros have pitfalls, which are consequences of their basic nature,
but we know how to avoid them, and have documented the methods.
The GNU C Language Introduction and Reference Manual advises users on
how to deal with these and many other pitfalls of the C language.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-18 5:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-14 18:05 Thoughts on replacing macros with static inline functions Brent Pappas
2022-11-15 12:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-18 5:05 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2022-11-18 6:19 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-11-18 6:27 ` Po Lu
2022-11-18 6:32 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-11-18 7:29 ` Po Lu
2022-11-18 8:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-18 11:31 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-11-18 11:43 ` Po Lu
2022-11-18 12:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-18 6:59 ` tomas
2022-11-18 7:12 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-11-18 14:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-18 16:16 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2022-11-15 13:49 ` Po Lu
2022-11-15 15:54 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-11-15 14:10 ` Stefan Monnier
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