Re: [PATCH 06/68] 0 -> NULL, for arch/frv

[Robin Getz]

On Fri 27 Jul 2007 06:18, Yoann Padioleau pondered:
> David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Yoann Padioleau <padator@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> When comparing a pointer, it's clearer to compare it to NULL than to
> 0.
> >
> > Can you make them of style:
> >
> > 	if (!x)
> 
> Yes I can. I can make another semantic patch later to do that
> transformation. But some people may prefer (x == NULL) to (!x)
> so I don't know. I think that transformation 
> some 0 to NULL is less controversial.
> 
> 
> >
> > instead?

If there is a definite style or semantic preference that everyone should live 
with - does it make sense to put checks in checkpatch.pl to enforce it?

-Robin
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