Re: [PATCH] Removing nested functions, part one of lots

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On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Andrey Borzenkov <address@hidden> wrote:

В Tue, 1 Jan 2013 14:42:04 +0000
Colin Watson <address@hidden> пишет:

>
>  * If a hook requires more than one local variable from its parent
>    function, declare "struct <name-of-parent>_ctx" with the necessary
>    variables, and convert both the hook and the parent to access the
>    variables in question via that structure.

Personally I find "ctx" part a bit confusing. It is not really execution
context in usual sense, it is just collection of random variables. I
would rather go with "struct <name-of-parent>_data" here.

It's acting as a closure.  That might be a more exact name.

 

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