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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:36 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC] typesafe callbacks?
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Hi!

>   Well, noone else voiced great enthusiasm about typesafe callbacks.  I esp.
> like them because we can use them to wean off unsigned long in timer
> callbacks without a flag day.
> 
> Should I just drop these patches, or leave them in -next for a third round?
> Rusty.

I think it is a great idea..
							Pavel

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