Re: g_list_next (list->next considered harmful?)

[degger fhm edu]

On 17 Dec, Darin Adler wrote:

> The extra code generated by the macro to check for NULL?

A good compiler will notice that the loop itself checks for NULL and
kill the additional instruction(s).

> The loss of type checking on the list parameter to the macro, making
> errors like list = g_list_next (widget) possible?

That's indeed severe but why is the cast in place anyway?

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Servus,
       Daniel