[pacman-dev] proposition: alpm_list type

[Dan McGee]

On 1/17/07, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently the "alpm_list" type is considered fairly "private", hiding
> (through the use of the _ prefix) a handful of useful routines.
>
> I suggest this interface be exposed in full.  This will allow us to
> remove the 'list' type from pacman's source and just reuse alpm_list.
>
> Does anyone have any issues with this?

I like the idea. This is the same as many other C libraries which
provide their own type for convenience- it isn't required but highly
useful, so no need to hide it from front ends that want to use it.

-Dan