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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:43:26 +0500
From: Fawad Lateef <fawadlateef@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Fawad Lateef <fawadlateef@gmail.com>
To: Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net>
Subject: Re: A pettiness question.
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On 9/22/05, Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net> wrote:
>
> Interesting.  I thought maybe this way was trick, until later I experimented.
>
> My post here (as Bill Stokes):
>
> http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5626
>
> So what is the reason to doing !!num as opposed to num ? 1:0 (which is more
> readable I think, especially to a lesser experienced C coder).  Quicker to
> type?
>

I think using !! is quick and the place where it is used, will look
little bit odd (like you say in #define or macros) if some one use num
? 1 : 0 ...... And I think lesser experienced C coder will learn other
ways of doing same things !!!!!

> My quick test shows compiler renders both the same?
>

Ya, I think both !! and num ? 1: 0 will result in same thing by compiler

--
Fawad Lateef
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