Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 06:29:47PM +0000, Blue Swirl wrote: >> Revision: 7234 >> http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=7234 >> Author: blueswir1 >> Date: 2009-04-23 18:29:47 +0000 (Thu, 23 Apr 2009) >> Log Message: >> ----------- >> Use a more natural order > > It may be more natural, but it is also less safe. > > After all > > if (0 = x) { > > fails compile, while > > if (x = 0) { > > compiles silently even when you didn't mean that. Today gcc will warn you as well. Of course this means you have to look at warnings. Jan