On Thursday 21 September 2017 07:01 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
What does "with arithmetic constructs" mean? Would it refer to
things like
!!i != !!(j + 3)
that unnecessarily obfuscates what is going on?
Thanks that clears the confusion because I haven't seen constructs
like this before
Kaartic Sivaraam writes:
> Wait, I missed a contradiction here.
> ..
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches says:
>
>> - Some clever tricks, like using the !! operator with arithmetic
>>constructs, can be extremely confusing to others.
What does "with arithmetic constructs" mean? Would it refer
Wait, I missed a contradiction here.
On Wednesday 20 September 2017 09:30 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
And !!ptr is a shorter and more established way than ptr
!= NULL to turn non-NULL ness into an int boolean,
Documentation/SubmittingPatches says:
- Some clever tricks, like using the !!
On Wednesday 20 September 2017 09:30 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Kaartic Sivaraam writes:
There was a usage for which there's no compelling reason.So, replace
such a usage as with something else that expresses the intent more
clearly.
I actually think this is a good example of the exception-rul
Kaartic Sivaraam writes:
> There was a usage for which there's no compelling reason.So, replace
> such a usage as with something else that expresses the intent more
> clearly.
I actually think this is a good example of the exception-rule. The
function wants to take true or false in "int", and t
Documentation/CodingGuidelines says,
"Some clever tricks, like using the !! operator with arithmetic
constructs, can be extremely confusing to others. Avoid them,
unless there is a compelling reason to use them."
There was a usage for which there's no compelling reason.So, replace
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