Re: 3rd party Device driver development tool or pure wdm driver development..Which is the best??

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> Anytime I catch myself doing ^C/^V on a code segment I start thinking

template or virtual function.

…to make the code less readable. Cut-and-paste code is readable, not so with abusing templates and inheritance.

MS write 99% of their drivers in C, not C++.
This is because they do not like hidden semantics in such important areas.

Max

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On 10/30/01, ““Maxim S. Shatskih” ” wrote:
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> This is because they do not like hidden semantics in such important areas.
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Hmm, Microsoft does not like hidden semantics in such important areas? I
don’t believe it. Look in ntddk.h for all this pretties like PAGED_CODE,
ASSERT, IsListEmpty macroses - they really can drive you crazy during
debuging.

And, BTW, DDK docs don’t even mention all this stuff to be “thin ice”
area.

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> Max
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Gennady Mayko.

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> Hmm, Microsoft does not like hidden semantics in such important areas? I

don’t believe it. Look in ntddk.h for all this pretties like PAGED_CODE,
ASSERT, IsListEmpty macroses - they really can drive you crazy during
debuging.

Nothing crazy at all.
IsListEmpty is much more sane than any C++ templates.
PAGED_CODE does not influence the execution (unless you’re < DISPATCH_LEVEL).
ASSERT is a usual debugging tool since 70ies - I’m surprised ASSERT drives you crazy.

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On 10/31/01, ““Maxim S. Shatskih” ” wrote:
> > Hmm, Microsoft does not like hidden semantics in such important areas? I
> > don’t believe it. Look in ntddk.h for all this pretties like PAGED_CODE,
> > ASSERT, IsListEmpty macroses - they really can drive you crazy during
> > debuging.
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> Nothing crazy at all.
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It is a well know fact that using macroses in C (and, BTW, in C++ as well)
is the way to introduce problems in your code and hide semantics.

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> It is a well know fact that using macroses in C (and, BTW, in C++ as well)

is the way to introduce problems in your code and hide semantics.

Be accurate and do not abuse them.
IsListEmpty and CONTAINING_RECORD never caused any problems.

Not so with macros which alter something - yes, they are dangerous and require extreme care.

Max

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