Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:28:53 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) Message-ID: <19990129132853.B34859@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <92584.917604304@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:05:04PM %2B0200 References: <19990129200123.I8473@freebie.lemis.com> <92584.917604304@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:05:04PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:01:23 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > I can't imagine how unnecessary parens are going to improve > > > "readability" for anyone who knows his/her operator precedence. > > > > What about the others? > > I'd like to know that people who don't know operator precedence are > leaving the kernel code alone, eh? :-) I know my operator precedence. I still often find that using extra parentheses make code more readable. I don't do it in FreeBSD, but I regularly use more parentheses than strictly necessary for non-FreeBSD code. I also am in favour of the change to style(9). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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