Andrew Morton wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:39:56 +1100 Neil Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
I must right code that Andrew can read.
That's write.
But more importantly, things that people can immediately see and understand
help reduce the possibility of mistakes. Now and in the future.
If we did all loops like that, then it'd be the the best way to do it in new code,
because people's eyes and brains are locked into that idiom and we just
don't have to think about it when we see it.
I have done lots of loops like that and understood it immediately.
Nice, short, _clear_ and no - a loop that counts down instead of
up is not difficult at all.
Testing "i--" instead of "i >= 0" is also something I consider trivial,
even though I don't code that much. If this is among the worst you
see, then the kernel source must be in great shape ;-)
Helge Hafting
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