Re: [llnl-devel] Re: [Freeipmi-devel] fiid release

[Ian Zimmerman]

Albert Chu <address@hidden> writes:

> Hey AB,
> 
> Just a few thoughts/questions based on my initial skim.  I haven't
> looked at it super-thoroughly yet ... 
> 
> 1) Given the new framework, I think passing in        u_int8_t ** pointers
>    and having the function return a buffer may be better than having
>    the user create the u_int8_t * buffer.  I prefer the       later,  but
>    given your framework style, I think the former fits better.  I
>    dunno, maybe we should wait until later to decide, no need to
>    decide now.
> 

I prefer the latter too when possible (when the caller knows the size of the 
buffer).
Which is not always.

Ian