Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 04:20:37 -0400
From: Jeff Sipek <jeffpc@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Bugzilla bug # 322 - double logical operator
 drivers/char/sx.c
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To: Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
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On Wednesday 06 August 2003 20:35, Timothy Miller wrote:
> Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote:
> > Just a simple fix to make the statements more readable. (instead of
> > "i < TIMEOUT > 0" the statement is divided into two, joined by &&.)
>
> Can you really DO (x < y > z) and have it work as an anded pair of
> comparisons?  Maybe this is an addition to C that I am not aware of.
>
> I would expect (x < y > z) to be equivalent to ((x < y) > z).

Odd, this has been in the kernel ever since Linus started using BK. I didn't 
check pre-BK. I wonder what the author intended to say. (I believe in the 
((a<b) && (b>c)) theory.)

Jeff.

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