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

[Ted Ts'o]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:33:07AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Because !strcmp() is idiomatic C.
> 
> This is the same kind of stupidity as
> 
> #define BEGIN {
> #define END   }
> 
> It doesn't matter if it is more readable *to you*... learn the language,
> please.

Interesting bit of trivia:  This sort of nonsense[1] is what inspired
the the International Obfuscated C Code Contest[2].  :-)

[1] http://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/src/cmd/sh/mac.h
[2] http://www.ioccc.org/faq.html

						- Ted
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