[patch/rfc[ Opaque bcache

[Andrew Cagney]

> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 06:15:47PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> This makes the bcache object opaque.  Testing so far hasn't shown 
>> problems.  I'll look to commit it in a few days.
>> 
>> comments?  Hmm, did I remember to update the makefile ....
> 
> 
> Nope to updating the Makefile, and nope to comments:


  :-)


>> +/* The type used to hold a single bcache string.  The user data is
>> +   stored in d.data.  Since it can be any type, it needs to have the
>> +   same alignment as the most strict alignment of any type on the host
>> +   machine.  I don't know of any really correct way to do this in
>> +   stock ANSI C, so just do it the same way obstack.h does.
>> +
>> +   It would be nicer to have this stuff hidden away in bcache.c, but
>> +   struct objstack contains a struct bcache directly --- not a pointer
>> +   to one --- and then the memory-mapped stuff makes this a real pain.
>> +   We don't strictly need to expose struct bstring, but it's better to
>> +   have it all in one place.  */
> 
> 
> That's not accurate any more.  Other than that, this looks great; and
> it removes a lot of &'s we used to need when accessing a bcache, which
> I quite like.

Hmm, yes, I should clean up the comments I simply cut/paste.

Andrew