[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#8694) a user for specvec

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8694 >

Raimar Falke wrote:

>>>>This patch takes the only user of athing (in registry.c) and changes it 
>>>>to use specvec.
>>>
>>>
>>>And the advantage?
>>
>>Specvec gets a user.  Since it will eventually get more users this is 
>>good for debugging.
>>
>>athing loses its one user.  Since I'm scheming to end athing's 
>>existence, I consider this a good thing.
> 
> Not enough reason for me.

Oh, I know how to convince you!  It's typesafe!

> If you however plan to remove athing ...

I would like to replace it with specvec, yes.  (I said that this 
registry code was athing's only user, but actually specvec is also a user.)

jason