On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 01:19:10PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > >>> + if (pci_dev == NULL) { >>> + hw_error("PCI: can't register device\n"); >>> + } >> >> Can you please use !pci_dev for these checks? > > Why? IMHO the code is more readable that way. It is easy to miss a > single '!' character when reading the code, so I tend to write such > tests in a more verbose fashion. > > cheers, > Gerd
Reader has limited short term memory. Don't fill it up with irrelevant detail. In places where it might be confusing, a comment might be appropriate, this is not one of them. C is a terse language. !x is a standard idiom. Let's use it. -- MST