Re: [PATCH] x86,boot: standardize strcmp()

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Mar 19 2015 - 13:34:57 EST


On 03/17/2015 07:13 AM, Arjun Sreedharan wrote:
>
> On a related note, IMO strcmp() should return {-1,0,1} since many
> programmers just expect this behavior. just my opinion.
>

I would challenge that assumption, *especially* in the context of kernel
programming. Let's not waste time on that crap.

-hpa


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