Re: SIZEOF macro

[Ben Pfaff]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Hmm.  macros.h defines SIZEOF, and test-argv-iter.c defines
> ARRAY_CARDINALITY, both of which are used to determine the size of an
> array.  I kind of prefer the name in test-argv-iter (to me, sizeof implies
> a size_t count of bytes, not the number of elements).  Is it okay to
> rename the macro in macros.h to ARRAY_CARDINALITY, adjust all callers, and
> to simplify test-argv-iter?

ARRAY_CARDINALITY is very clear, but it is also a very long name.
ARRAY_SIZE is perhaps slightly less clear, but much shorter.  It
is used in gnulib in lib/nproc.c and lib/physmem.c.
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Ben Pfaff 
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