Re: [PATCH] linux/string.h: Introduce streq macro.

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Apr 26 2011 - 15:25:09 EST


On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 22:20 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 03:17:48PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 22:05 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 03:49:49PM -0300, Thiago Farina wrote:
>
> > > > /**
> > > > + * streq - Are two strings equal?
> > > > + * @a: first string
> > > > + * @b: second string
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Example:
> > > > + * if (streq(argv[1], "--help"))
> > > > + * printf("%s\n", "This help");
> >
> > Userspace example?
>
> The point is that function is trivial, and if someone doesn't
> understand it, he should read some Kernighan and Ritchie first.

I understood your point, but I missed looking at it in my first reply.
I'm just stating that it is even worse since it includes a userspace
example of a macro defined in the kernel. IOW, the example wont even
work.

-- Steve

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