linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on comparisons to true and false

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Message-ID: <1365652023.13308.1.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:47:03 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on comparisons to true and false

On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 22:14 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> It would be interesting to see how many people have historically screwed 
> up and used (!a) when they mean (a) and vice versa, versus spelling
> it out longform.  I'd be surprised if the results weren't skewed
> in favour of the more verbose form.

I think it'd be interesting too though I'd
take the other side.

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