Re: sparse segfaults

[Nikita Danilov]

linux-os <linux-os@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Russell King wrote:
>

[...]

>>
>> int tickadj = 500/HZ ? : 1;             /* microsecs */
>>
>> which makes it look like sparse doesn't understand such constructions.
>
> I don't think any 'C' compiler should understand such constructions
> either.
>  	There is no result for the TRUE condition, and the standard
> does not provide for a default. The compiler should have written
> a diagnostic.

This is GCC extension.

    foo ? : bar

is equivalent to

    foo ? foo : bar

except that foo is evaluated only once.

Nikita.
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