Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 07 Aug 2003 04:20:37 -0400 | From | Jeff Sipek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Bugzilla bug # 322 - double logical operator drivers/char/sx.c |
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On Wednesday 06 August 2003 20:35, Timothy Miller wrote: > Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote: > > Just a simple fix to make the statements more readable. (instead of > > "i < TIMEOUT > 0" the statement is divided into two, joined by &&.) > > Can you really DO (x < y > z) and have it work as an anded pair of > comparisons? Maybe this is an addition to C that I am not aware of. > > I would expect (x < y > z) to be equivalent to ((x < y) > z).
Odd, this has been in the kernel ever since Linus started using BK. I didn't check pre-BK. I wonder what the author intended to say. (I believe in the ((a<b) && (b>c)) theory.)
Jeff.
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