On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 06:25:51PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote:
> To be specific, it's about code on the order of the following -- in the
> include file:
> vfs_quotactl_t nnpfs_quotactl;
>
> In the .c file here nnpfs_quotactl is implemented:
> int
> nnpfs_quotactl(struct mount *mp, int cmd, uid_t uid, caddr_t arg,
> d_thread_t *p)
> {
..
> In another .c file where nnpfs_quotactl is used:
> .vfs_quotactl = nnpfs_quotactl,
This is one of the major warts I find with the C language.
You cannot use the typedef'ed type used in the declaration in the
definition - thus you always get these type mis-matches that a strongly
typed language would barf on.
> The compile keels over when it discovers that nnpfs_quotactl doesn't match
> the implementation because it doesn't match the typedef. So it's actually
> our typedef, not Arla's typedef.
With C its just usually the types are based on the same thing.
--
-- David ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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