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Re: [issue 1000636] tidy tm_basic max macro

From: Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>
To: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
Cc: ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:30:30 +0000
Subject: Re: [issue 1000636] tidy tm_basic max macro
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Gary Thomas wrote:
> 
> Is/was the macro 'max()' defined someplace, maybe by a compiler, etc?
> Did this change, or how did we get away with this for a decade?

A compiler wouldn't have. We've got away with it because it was only used
to limit the maximum values of the various resources. It wouldn't really
cause problems as such. There was already magic there after all to ensure
it all fitted into CYGMEM_REGION_ram_SIZE.

Jifl
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References:
- [issue 1000636] tidy tm_basic max macro
  - From: Jonathan Larmour
- Re: [issue 1000636] tidy tm_basic max macro
  - From: Gary Thomas

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