Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Bugzilla bug # 322 - double logical operator drivers/char/sx.c

From: Jeff Sipek (jeffpc@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 20:26:30 EST


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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).

Ah, very true. I wonder what the author intended. Also, since the 'z' is 0 in
all the cases, the statement "(i < TIMEOUT) > 0" can be reduced to "i <
TIMEOUT".

Jeff.

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