linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: iio: ad7150: use ternary operating to ensure 0/1 value

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:40:34 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc:     Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@...il.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Stefan Popa <stefan.popa@...log.com>,
        Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-usp@...glegroups.com,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: iio: ad7150: use ternary operating to ensure
 0/1 value

On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 11:15:16AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:50:59 -0300
> Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Remove idiom and use ternary operator for consistently trigger 0/1 value
> > on variable declaration.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@...il.com>
> Hi Melissa,
> 
> In general I would consider this unnecessary churn as, whilst
> it's no longer a favoured idiom, it is extremely common in the
> kernel.

It's still my favourite...  Why wouldn't people like it?  It feels like
last week I just saw someone send a bunch of:

-	foo = (bar == baz) ? 1 : 0;
+	foo = (bar == baz);

patches and I thought it was an improvement at the time...

regards,
dan carpenter