Re: [GIT PULL] x86: more header untangling

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> Another possibility would be to make a further distinction between 
>> 'local methods' and 'compound methods'. Local methods are the ones that 
>> only relate to a given
>> data type. Compound methods combine multiple types. We could allow 
>> local methods in type headers, and forbid compound methods.
>>   
>
> Yes, that's pretty much the approach I've been taking.  Particularly  
> since these little helper functions are smoothing over a given type  
> being defined in different ways in different environments (the types  
> themselves are different, but the types of the functions operating on  
> them are the same).

ok, cool, no disagreements then. Your point about the type being
standardized by the helpers is important, i missed that aspect.

	Ingo
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