From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>
Cc: James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o: Convert to generic boolean
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:38:28 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071030173828.GB15111@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47275FD0.4010400@student.ltu.se>
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 05:46:08PM +0100, Richard Knutsson wrote:
> I just don't see the reason why expressing a boolean as an integer. Some
> advantage?
This is C, not Java, or some other highly-typed language.
if (int) and if (ptr) are perfectly acceptable in C.
> (also helps us if someone does: 'if (var == true)', even thou we should
> try to avoid them)
I have no idea what you mean.
--
Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-30 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-30 10:54 [PATCH] drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o: Convert to generic boolean Richard Knutsson
2007-10-30 14:47 ` Salyzyn, Mark
2007-10-30 14:51 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-10-30 15:02 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-10-30 15:11 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-10-30 16:46 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-10-30 17:38 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2007-10-30 20:52 ` Richard Knutsson
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