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SubjectRe: drivers/char/sysrq.c

On 05.30, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2003 16:44:55 +0200, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
> >
> > In drivers/char/sysrq.c (2.4 and 2.5) we have :
> >
> > if ((key >= '0') & (key <= '9')) {
> > retval = key - '0';
> > } else if ((key >= 'a') & (key <= 'z')) {
> >
> > Shouldn't the "&" be (pedantically) "&&" ?
>
> It is semantically the same. If you can show that gcc optimization
> also creates the same assembler code, few people will object to a
> patch.
>

I see a diff:
- & is bitwise and you always perform the op
- && is logical and gcc must shortcut it

I think people use & 'cause they prefer the extra argument calculation
than the branch for the shortcut (AFAIR...)

or not ?

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