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From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>
Cc: Paul Jimenez <pj@place.org>,
	rgooch@atnf.csiro.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtrr use type bool
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:20:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071031162016.GD27646@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47289EE3.8080706@student.ltu.se>

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:27:31PM +0100, Richard Knutsson wrote:
> Paul Jimenez wrote:
....
> >-			usage_table[i] = usage_table[replace] + !!increment;
> >+			usage_table[i] = usage_table[replace] + increment;
> >  
> This seems a bit strange, using a boolean as an integer (yes I know, it 
> works but semantically...). What about:
> 
> +			usage_table[i] = usage_table[replace];
> +			usage_table[i] += increment ? 1 : 0;

What is wrong with:
usage_table[i] = usage_table[replace];
if (increment)
	usage_table[i]++;

I hate code with the '?' operator in general.  It's a conditional either
way, and at least this way you wouldn't even have to do a store in one
of the two cases 9although if the compiler can't figure out that is the
case already, then it really sucks).

Pauls code at least didn't involve a conditional at all, but on the
other hand is less clear to read.

--
Len Sorensen

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-31 16:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-31  3:57 [PATCH] mtrr use type bool Paul Jimenez
2007-10-31 15:27 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-10-31 16:20   ` Lennart Sorensen [this message]
2007-10-31 20:25     ` Richard Knutsson
2007-10-31 16:27   ` Paul Jimenez
2007-10-31 20:49     ` Richard Knutsson
2007-11-02 20:14       ` [PATCH] mtrr use type bool [RESEND] Paul Jimenez

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