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Re: Macro for pthread_create()

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Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> writes:

> On 2012-01-11, daniele.g <daniele@father.nostromo.wy> wrote:
>> How? I mean: in Linux I can simply write:
>>
>> #include <pthread.h>
>> ...
>> pthread_create( ... );
>>
>> in OS20 I can't since it doesn't have them, so my idea is to make a
>> conditional compiling using a macro. Am I right?
>
> A macro is a good choice if you can write a single thing which expands to
> something suitable on each of your target systems.  If you can't, you should
> write a function for each system to provide the functionality.

I would say, instead, that a function (possibly marked "inline")
is a good choice in any case, and that a macro is a second choice
if a function cannot work.
-- 
"Large amounts of money tend to quench any scruples I might be having."
  -- Stephan Wilms

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Macro for pthread_create() daniele@father.nostromo.wy (daniele.g) - 2012-01-10 19:21 +0100
  Re: Macro for pthread_create() jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-01-10 19:02 +0000
    Re: Macro for pthread_create() jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-01-10 20:18 +0000
      Re: Macro for pthread_create() Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-10 20:29 +0000
        Re: Macro for pthread_create() jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-01-10 21:03 +0000
  Re: Macro for pthread_create() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-10 14:14 -0500
    Re: Macro for pthread_create() Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-10 20:44 +0000
    Re: Macro for pthread_create() Anand Hariharan <mailto.anand.hariharan@gmail.com> - 2012-01-13 07:18 -0800
  Re: Macro for pthread_create() Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-10 19:15 +0000
    Re: Macro for pthread_create() daniele@mother.nostromo.wy (daniele.g) - 2012-01-10 23:01 +0100
      Re: Macro for pthread_create() Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-10 22:23 +0000
        Re: Macro for pthread_create() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-10 15:23 -0800
      Re: Macro for pthread_create() jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-01-10 22:27 +0000
        Re: Macro for pthread_create() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-10 15:25 -0800
      Re: Macro for pthread_create() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-10 17:31 -0500
        Re: Macro for pthread_create() daniele@mother.nostromo.wy (daniele.g) - 2012-01-11 00:04 +0100
          Re: Macro for pthread_create() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-10 18:17 -0500
          Re: Macro for pthread_create() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-10 18:29 -0500
      Re: Macro for pthread_create() Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-11 11:54 +1300
        Re: Macro for pthread_create() daniele@father.nostromo.wy (daniele.g) - 2012-01-11 10:09 +0100
          Re: Macro for pthread_create() Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-11 22:20 +1300
          Re: Macro for pthread_create() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-11 11:26 -0500
            Re: Macro for pthread_create() daniele@father.nostromo.wy (daniele.g) - 2012-01-12 12:07 +0100
              Re: Macro for pthread_create() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-12 09:19 -0500
                Re: Macro for pthread_create() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-12 20:34 -0500
            Re: Macro for pthread_create() daniele@father.nostromo.wy (daniele.g) - 2012-01-12 11:52 +0100
          Re: Macro for pthread_create() Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2012-01-11 18:46 +0000
            Re: Macro for pthread_create() blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-11 11:12 -0800

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