On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 07:02:53PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> One technique which is used in the kernel is to, if possible, place the
> primary list_head member of a structure at the top of the struct.
>
> This allows you to reference the structure itself as if it were a list,
> sometimes saving you a few keystrokes...
Sounds dodgy to me... You still need a cast, and then one day you'll
forget and rearange the fields of your struct and the compiler won't
even warn you. Maybe places in the kernel that do that should be
fixed?
Best,
Borislav
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