Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 08:42:22 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015832287.8470f8@mired.org> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015831171.a21ab0@mired.org>, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: style(9) isn't explicit about booleans for testing. Message-ID: <90228.1015400542@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Mar 2002 01:38:06 CST." <15493.51038.957711.450030@guru.mired.org>
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In message <15493.51038.957711.450030@guru.mired.org>, "Mike Meyer" writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> types: >> In message <15493.49923.458997.98416@guru.mired.org>, "Mike Meyer" writes: >> >David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> types: >> >> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 02:08:07AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> Now, IFF the C language had a type called "boolean" that would make >> a lot of sense. > >So you're advocating that the rule be dropped. I'm advocating that the rule focus on readability rather than trying to enforce a type which doesn't exist. Type-enforcement is a task for the compiler, not for a manpage. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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