Re: [PATCH] More list_del_init cleanups

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Sat, 8 Jun 2002 16:30:22 -0700 (PDT)


On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Dan Aloni wrote:
>
> If we are at it, how about replacing:
>
> list_del(&entry->list);
> list_add(&entry->list, dispose);
>
> with something like:
>
> list_del_add(&entry->list, dispose);

Ehh.. Am I the only one who thinks "move()" would make more sense than
"del_add()"?

How many such users are there? I don't want to make up new abstractions if
they aren't widely used - it's not as if "del + add" is all that hard to
understand in itself..

Linus

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