Re: [PATCH -perfbook 2/4] memorder: Add index markers for 'address/control/data dependency', take 2

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 07:04:12PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2023/09/23 17:23, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:55:44PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> [...]
> >>  
> >> -The low overheads of the address and data dependencies discussed in
> >> +The low overheads of the \IXalth{address}{address}{dependency}
> > 
> > This looks strange given the different parameters to the \IXalth above
> > and the \IXalth below, but it gets the right thing to the right place
> > in the index, so I queued and pushed all four.
> > 
> [...]
> >> +and \IXalth{data dependencies}{data}{dependency} discussed in
> 
> Let me explain what's happening here.
> 
> Original sentence looked like this:
> 
>     The low overheads of the address and data dependencies discussed in
> 
> Here, if "address dependencies" were there, I could have said:
> 
>     \IXalth{address dependencies}{address}{dependency}
> 
> Instead, I put an index marker of "Dependency, address" on the lonely
> "address", therefore it became:
> 
>     \IXalth{address}{address}{dependency}
> 
> \IXalth{}{}{} prints any string in #1 with an index marker of
> "#3, #2" put on it.
> 
> Macros of \IX*alt* are powerful and can do whatever you'd like.

Got it, thank you for the explanation!  And indeed they are powerful!

> > Thank you!!!  And yes, I am now generating a set of glossary entries.  ;-)
> 
> Thank you.  I like those cautionary remarks.

Glad you like them!

							Thanx, Paul