From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 29 04:29:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA09964 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:29:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA09959 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA10570; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:28:54 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA35350; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:28:53 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:28:53 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd) Message-ID: <19990129132853.B34859@bitbox.follo.net> References: <19990129200123.I8473@freebie.lemis.com> <92584.917604304@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <92584.917604304@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:05:04PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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