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On 03/17/2015 07:13 AM, Arjun Sreedharan wrote:
> 
> On a related note, IMO strcmp() should return {-1,0,1} since many
> programmers just expect this behavior. just my opinion.
> 

I would challenge that assumption, *especially* in the context of kernel
programming.  Let's not waste time on that crap.

	-hpa