linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: lustre: fix pointer whitespace style

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Date:	Mon, 08 Sep 2014 04:37:44 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@...rew.cmu.edu>,
	"open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	Hongchao Zhang <hongchao.zhang@...el.com>,
	Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@...el.com>,
	Alex Zhuravlev <alexey.zhuravlev@...el.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: lustre: fix pointer whitespace style

On Mon, 2014-09-08 at 13:32 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 11:19:03AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Indexing a string array with an enum is generally unsafe.
> > I think it better to use a switch/case like:
> The reverse side of that argument is that switch statements are slower
> and uglier.

Uglier is true, safer is true too.
Slower depends.
Sometimes the actual code is identical.


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