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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> writes:

> What's your problem with the gcc extensions, the kernel uses them all over the place,
> planning on starting a conversion?

Why use an extension when an equivalent standard construct exists that is
no less readable?

Andreas.

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