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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: linux-joystick@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>,
	Milind Choudhary <milindchoudhary@gmail.com>,
	kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] BIT macro cleanup
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:37:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702242237.33182.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070224111124.GB3609@suse.cz>

On Saturday 24 February 2007 06:11, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > The reason I don't like it with modulo is simply because it hides 
> > potential bugs (when x is to big). 
> 
> That would be my only concern - losing compiler warnings.
> 

I think most dangerous scenario is when both shift operands are not constant
but compiler will not help us in this case...
 
-- 
Dmitry
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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: linux-joystick@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>,
	Milind Choudhary <milindchoudhary@gmail.com>,
	kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [KJ][RFC][PATCH] BIT macro cleanup
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:37:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702242237.33182.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070224111124.GB3609@suse.cz>

On Saturday 24 February 2007 06:11, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > The reason I don't like it with modulo is simply because it hides 
> > potential bugs (when x is to big). 
> 
> That would be my only concern - losing compiler warnings.
> 

I think most dangerous scenario is when both shift operands are not constant
but compiler will not help us in this case...
 
-- 
Dmitry

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-25  3:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3b44d3fb0702222056k1d2a9b57q69a3555a09a9058e@mail.gmail.com>
2007-02-23  8:14 ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] BIT macro cleanup Milind Choudhary
2007-02-23  8:26   ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Milind Choudhary
2007-02-23  8:56   ` Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23  8:56     ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 10:15     ` Milind Choudhary
2007-02-23 10:27       ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Milind Choudhary
2007-02-23 14:10       ` Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 14:10         ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 14:57         ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 14:57           ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 16:08           ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 16:08             ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 17:05             ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 17:05               ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 18:15               ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 18:15                 ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 18:37                 ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 18:37                   ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 19:11                   ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 19:11                     ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 21:58                     ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 21:58                       ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-23 22:43                       ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-23 22:43                         ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-24 11:11                         ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Vojtech Pavlik
2007-02-24 11:11                           ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Vojtech Pavlik
2007-02-24 12:59                           ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-24 12:59                             ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-25  3:39                             ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-25  3:39                               ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-24 19:11                           ` Milind Arun Choudhary
2007-02-24 19:23                             ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Milind Arun Choudhary
2007-02-25 15:45                             ` Richard Knutsson
2007-02-25 15:45                               ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Richard Knutsson
2007-02-25  3:37                           ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2007-02-25  3:37                             ` Dmitry Torokhov
2007-02-24 10:46   ` [KJ] [RFC][PATCH] " Vojtech Pavlik
2007-02-24 10:46     ` [KJ][RFC][PATCH] " Vojtech Pavlik

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