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Re: [PATCH, newlib] Allow locking routine to be retargeted
On Wed, 2016-12-14 at 14:36 +0000, Thomas Preudhomme wrote:
> Why is struct _lock easier to debug by the way?
I think the reason is that in user code - which does the "retargeting"
- _lock can be defined to be whatever is needed, so in the debugger you
see the contents of the struct. If you use void*, then you have to do
manual casting in debugger to see these contents.
I think this will also help to keep the retargeting code valid - now
the compiler can check whether you use correct types - either _lock or
it's address, while with void* the compiler will happily accept almost
anything.
Regards,
FCh