Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:04:35 +0100 (CET) From: der_julian@web.de To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Create linker.hints at boot Message-ID: <XFMail.20030318170435.der_julian@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20030317222815.GB98963@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On 17-Mar-2003 Crist J. Clark wrote:
>>
>> if (!strcmp(a,b) {
>> printf("same\n");
>> }
>
> I don't see what that code snipit has to do with the script (but I am
> in the camp that would go ahead and waste the four bytes of source
> code to write that as (strcmp(a, b) == 0)).
The latter is clearly preferable (at least in my eyes), since I dislike the
idea of zero being false etc. I think it depends largely on the programming
background. Mine is based on Assembly language and (Common) LISP. So I have a
hard time getting along with boolean expressions on integer results. :)
The script example on the other hand is quite readable either way.
Regards,
Julian Stecklina
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