[PATCH] score: Compact objects class indices

[Sebastian Huber]

On 22/05/2019 15:55, Joel Sherrill wrote:
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> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 8:40 AM Sebastian Huber 
> <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de 
> <mailto:sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>> wrote:
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>     On 22/05/2019 15:23, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>     > I'm OK with this.
>     >
>     > Is the statement that the API and class numbers are not
>     > guaranteed to be held constant across releases something
>     > that should be explicitly in a comment or requirement?
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>     The question is how can an application get one of the class
>     numbers? I
>     think the only legal way is to create an object and then use
>     rtems_object_id_get_class(). The constants are only for internal
>     use and
>     not a part of the API?
>
>
> Originally, they were not exposed at all and the encoding of the object
> id was just an artifact of the implementation. The rtems_object* methods
> were added to make it easier to decode an existing Id.
>
> So yes. These constants have never been part of the public API because
> applications were being supported in decoding Ids, not creating them.
>
> Have you got a use case in mind to add them?

No, I think it is good that they are somewhat hidden.

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