include/list.h

[Dan Nicholson]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:
>
> Argh! A recent commit to the xf86 config parsing code added "list.h" to
> xf86Parser.h, which is included by drivers to look stuff up. Because of
> this, the intel driver no longer builds against master (would that the
> drivers were in the server tree...). I have an RC1 tar file sitting here
> and decided that I really should be running those bits before pushing it
> out, and I really think I should at least try running it first.
>
> To my mind, list.h really isn't needed in xf86Parser -- list elements
> are only ever added to the head and then the whole list freed at once.
>
> Here's an open coded replacement; shorter and has no casts.

I want to use nice macros like list_for_each_entry. Why _wouldn't_ I
use the generic one from list.h? Isn't that the entire reason why
list.h was added? Sure, this is a simple singly-linked list, but the
point is that I don't want to open code it again. Why was list.h added
if not to use the thing?

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Dan