Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:54:34 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990128175221.11856L-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199901290142.RAA01512@dingo.cdrom.com>
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yeah but not a SINGLE person has said to not commit the patch to style(9) so I'm going to do it later tonight.. (It doesn't make extra braces MANDATORY but it does ALLOW them.) julian (if this doesn't bring some NEYs I'll be amazed..) On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > Beyond that it's pretty much just &/| and &&/|| precedences. I personally > > *never* liked the fact that C gave & and | ( and && and || ) differentl > > precedences. IMHO, the arithmatic-vs-shift parenthesization is something > > I've *always* done myself, so I don't mind those warnings either. > > This comes straight from elementary boolean algebra. Not doing this > would be unthinkable. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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