From: Jeff Sipek <jeffpc@optonline.net>
To: Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Bugzilla bug # 322 - double logical operator drivers/char/sx.c
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 04:20:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200308070420.45464.jeffpc@optonline.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F319EE7.8010409@techsource.com>
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On Wednesday 06 August 2003 20:35, Timothy Miller wrote:
> Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote:
> > Just a simple fix to make the statements more readable. (instead of
> > "i < TIMEOUT > 0" the statement is divided into two, joined by &&.)
>
> Can you really DO (x < y > z) and have it work as an anded pair of
> comparisons? Maybe this is an addition to C that I am not aware of.
>
> I would expect (x < y > z) to be equivalent to ((x < y) > z).
Odd, this has been in the kernel ever since Linus started using BK. I didn't
check pre-BK. I wonder what the author intended to say. (I believe in the
((a<b) && (b>c)) theory.)
Jeff.
- --
Don't drink and derive. Alcohol and algebra don't mix.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-07 8:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-06 22:30 [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Bugzilla bug # 322 - double logical operator drivers/char/sx.c Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
2003-08-07 0:32 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2003-08-07 0:35 ` Timothy Miller
2003-08-07 1:26 ` Jeff Sipek
2003-08-07 3:12 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-08-07 4:00 ` Rahul Karnik
2003-08-07 4:12 ` Rahul Karnik
2003-08-07 1:29 ` Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
2003-08-07 8:20 ` Jeff Sipek [this message]
2003-08-07 23:02 ` jw schultz
2003-12-21 6:55 Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
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