RE: (0 == foo), rather than (foo == 0)

[Godbole, Amarendra (GE Consumer & Industrial)]

> As a result, using the former just tends to increase peoples 
> confusion by making code harder to read, which in turn tends 
> to increase the chance of bugs.

Kindly don't insult the kernel developers' with such statements. ;-)
They are smart enough to understand such constructs, which, I 
deduce from what someone said earlier in this thread. So no 
confusion  would prevail here...[take it in a lighter vein folks, I 
am kidding.]

> So don't do it. The kind of bug that the "0 == x" syntax 
> protects against is LESS LIKELY to happen than the kind of 
> bug it tends to cause.

Agreed and understood. Thanks.

Sincere apologies for my previous ``non-text wrapped'' post. This
won't happen henceforth.

Cheers,
Amarendra

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