Re: CodingStyle: while ((a=b))

[Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 09:20:20PM -0400, chas williams (contractor) wrote:

> adding the != does not make the conditional clearer to me.  in fact
> it just make it harder to read.

so how about we stop merging these particular 'sparse cleanups' until
there is a consensus on how things should be done?

I'm no saying everyone should agree with me (even though you should)
just that consistency is good.

> however, it probably not a good idea to do assignments in places
> where someone might not expect to see them.

I'm not sure this has ever been a problem in the past has it?

Consider something like:

    while(*a++ = *b++);

I don't see how that's vague or ugly, and rewriting is just making it
worse IMO.


  --cw