Re: [PATCH] Use NULL instead of integer 0 in security/selinux/

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Miles Bader wrote:
> >
> > No it's not.
> 
> I don't have a copy of the standard handy

I have one. It's in my head. It's called the Linux Kernel C standard. Some 
of it is documented in CodinggStyle, others is just codified in existing 
practice.

> but google shows this snippet on the info-minux mailing list:
> 
>    From ANSI X3.159-1989 3.2.2.3:

That's some totally irrelevant standard that only acts as a rough 
guideline. It dosn't know about inline assembly, and it doesn't know about 
coding standards, and it allows the most atrocious code. There's even a 
contest in making such code - it's called the Obfuscated C Contest, and it 
actually encourages using strict ANSI rules.

Me, I don't accept the kind of entries the OCC accepts. 

		Linus
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