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make 'eabs' act more like a function

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Message #17 received at 13419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 13419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13419: make 'eabs' act more like a function
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:26:55 -0500

>> Do you really consider this code cleaner?
> The implementation's worse, but the use is nicer,
> since eabs is guaranteed to evaluate its argument just once.

I understand this, but I think the price is too high.

> Anyway, here's a simpler implementation that also evaluates
> its argument just once: would you prefer this?
>   #define eabs(x) imaxabs (x)

But then it's not inlined, right?
I think this is trying to fix something that's not broken and
C simply does not offer a good enough alternative.


        Stefan

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