linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/68] 0 -> NULL, for arch/arm

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Message-ID: <20070727123007.GY27237@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:30:07 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Yoann Padioleau <padator@...adoo.fr>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, rmk@....linux.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/68] 0 -> NULL, for arch/arm

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 02:18:59PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >bool variables are rarely named buf, so no.
> 
> Whatever. Java is good in one point: the ! operator requires a bool.

Language and style advocacy -> that way.  Use of scalar types, including
pointers, in conditional contexts is both 100% legal and, what's more
important, idiomatic C.
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