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

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Message-ID: <20110427224524.GF9487@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:45:24 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Thiago Farina <tfransosi@...il.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/string.h: Introduce streq macro.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 07:17:11PM -0300, Thiago Farina wrote:
> > While we are at it, strcmp() is, indeed, a part of the language.
> 
> Part of the C standard library you mean, no?

Which is a part of the language.  Sure, our implementation happens to be
freestanding.  Most of C programmers you could find would have worked
with hosted implementations and would be familiar with the damn thing.

> >??See
> > section 7.21.4.2 in C99.
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