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SubjectRe: [PATCH] only use 48-bit lba when necessary
Juan Quintela wrote:


>Reason is that:
>
>if (expr)
> var = true;
>else
> var = false;
>
>is always a bad construct.
>
>var = expr;
>
>is a better construct to express that meaning.


Yes, but:

if (expr1 && expr2)
var = true;
else
var = false;

is usually better turned into something that avoids jumps
when it's safe to evaluate both parts unconditionally:

var = (expr1 != 0) & (expr2 != 0);

or (if you can stand it):

var = !!expr1 & !!expr2;


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Chuck
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