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Re: container_of macro...

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: container_of macro...
Date 2021-03-09 17:35 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2021-03-09, Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> How many people here use it?
>
> If you put the contained structure as the first member, you don't need
> this; just a straight cast.

But you then can't write generic list algorithms, no?

> That takes care of probably more than the proverbial 95% of the
> situations.

Maybe such generic code is all in the 5%.  I would argue percentages if
that's what you are saying.

-- 
Ben.

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container_of macro... "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-03-08 17:24 -0800
  Re: container_of macro... Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2021-03-09 02:06 -0800
    Re: container_of macro... "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 17:02 -0800
  Re: container_of macro... Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-03-09 15:59 +0000
    Re: container_of macro... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-03-09 17:35 +0000
      Re: container_of macro... Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-03-09 17:51 +0000
        Re: container_of macro... "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 17:13 -0800
    Re: container_of macro... "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 17:05 -0800
  Re: container_of macro... William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com> - 2021-03-09 18:56 -0800
    Re: container_of macro... Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-03-10 03:47 +0000
      Re: container_of macro... William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com> - 2021-03-12 17:01 -0800
        Re: container_of macro... Jim <jim.cromie@gmail.com> - 2021-03-16 22:14 -0700
    Re: container_of macro... "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 17:07 -0800

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