[U-Boot] [PATCH v7 03/23] Add abs() macro to return absolute value

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon Glass,

In message <CAPnjgZ2hep7ApaNMakKrAEpCPffQ74BogGo=GnWTy47akewXTQ at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> So I will go back to the more complicated way, and this time just copy what
> the kernel does. The difference is that it doesn't use typeof().

I have to admit that I tend to prefer the typeof() version, and I
wonder why the kernel doesn;t use that.  I guess there are reasons for
that.  Does anybody know what these might be?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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