Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1 pointless IDE noise reduction

["Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Chuck Ebbert wrote:

> Jens Axboe wrote:
>
>
> >> +	return((drive->id->cfs_enable_1 & 0x0400) ? 1 : 0);
> >>  }
> >
> > Seconded, it causes a lot more confusion than it does good.
>
>   The return looks like a function call in that last line.
>
>   That's one of the few things I find really annoying -- extra parens
> are fine when they make code clearer, but not there.
>
>
> -------
>  Chuck [ C Style Police, badge #666 ]

return((drive->id->cfs_enable_1 & 0x0400) ? 1 : 0);
                                  ^^^^^^|__________ wtf?
These undefined numbers in the code are much more annoying to me...
but I don't have a C Style Police Badge.

Also, whatever that is, 0x400, I'll call it MASK, can have shorter
code like:

   return (drive->id->cfs_enable_1 && MASK); // TRUE/FALSE
... for pedantics...
   return (int) (drive->id->cfs_enable_1 && MASK);

Okay, gimmie a C Police Badge.......

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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