From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 16:03:03 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] sal cleanup Message-Id: <20040301160303.GW25779@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> List-Id: References: <20040226213704.GW25779@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040226213704.GW25779@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 03:02:06PM -0800, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:42:15 +0000, Matthew Wilcox said: > > Matthew> I actually can't find a name for the ?: operator in the C > Matthew> FAQ. > > conditional expression? I remembered I had a copy of the C99 spec ... 6.5.15 calls it the "conditional operator". I also found a document calling it the "ternary operator". > I'd really prefer sal_revision() combined with a SAL_VERSION() macro. > I can just look at that and intuitively understand what it's doing > (especially given the symmetry with the LINUX_VERSION macros), whereas > with the sal_version_check() function, I have to go look at it's > definition. Okey dokey, done. I'll send it as a separate message to keep the ?:??! discussion out of the changelog ;-) -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain