| From: Pavel Machek<[email protected]>
|
| Hi!
|
| > | > > > +static long
| > | > > > +get_vtg(const char *vdomain)
| > | > > > +{
| > | > > > + long ret = 0;
| > | > >
| > | > > Unnecessary initialisation.
| > | >
| > | > No, sorry.
| > |
| > | In get_vtg(), if VOLTAGE_FRAMEWORK is defined then
| > |
| > | ret = vtg_get_voltage(v);
| > |
| > | is the first user. If VOLTAGE_FRAMEWORK is not defined, the first user is:
| > |
| > | ret = vtg_get_voltage(&vhandle);
| > |
| > | Then "return ret;" follows. I cannot see a path where
| > | pre-initialisation of ret does anything useful. If someone removed the
| > | #else part, the compiler would bark.
| > ---
| >
| > True, but a good compiler should remove the dead initialization...
|
| True, but efficient code is only one of constraints. Code should be
| easy to read, too.
| Pavel
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[Ironically, I was going to say "I think this dead horse has been
sufficiently beaten, but then I saw the picture reference in Pavel's
signature and decided that would be rude!]
I agree - the initialization is unneeded. However, it's also mostly
harmless...
scott
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