On Don, 2015-03-19 at 10:34 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 03/17/2015 07:13 AM, Arjun Sreedharan wrote:
> > On a related note, IMO strcmp() should return {-1,0,1} since many
> > programmers just expect this behavior. just my opinion.One doesn't change an API just for a claimed expection for an unprooved number of cases. > I would challenge that assumption, *especially* in the context of kernel > programming. Let's not waste time on that crap. Even if the assumption is correct (which I'm not implying - quite the opposite), than these programmers are not well educated enough and - thus;-) - write buggy code. They also fail to strive for mot possible robustness. BTW POSIX' strcmp() description on http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strcmp.html als states "> 0, == 0 or < 0" (and ISO-C seem to also see it that way). Kind regards, Bernd -- "I dislike type abstraction if it has no real reason. And saving on typing is not a good reason - if your typing speed is the main issue when you're coding, you're doing something seriously wrong." - Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
