linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] string: implement streq()

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 14:16:41 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] string: implement streq()

On Sat, 1 Apr 2023 20:48:05 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> Most of the time strcmp() is being used, strings are checked for equality.
> Add wrapper to relay such intent (it is shorter to type, too).
> 
> Use
> 	if (streq(s, "s")) {
> 	}
> or
> 	if (!streq(s, "s")) {
> 	}

Gee, do we really want this?  I mean, we all know how strcmp() works,
don't we?

I'm thinking it would be better to remove the various cute little
streq() macros and open-code strcmp(...)==0.