Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964842AbWCPSuM (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:50:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964841AbWCPSuL (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:50:11 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:12168 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964842AbWCPSuK (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:50:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:49:46 +0000 From: Al Viro To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: sam@ravnborg.org, hch@infradead.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aia21@cantab.net, len.brown@intel.com Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE Message-ID: <20060316184946.GX27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <200603161004.k2GA46Fc029649@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <20060316160129.GB6407@infradead.org> <20060316082951.58592fdc.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060316163001.GA7222@infradead.org> <20060316174112.GA21003@mars.ravnborg.org> <20060316180047.GW27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20060316101220.67f4f33c.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060316101220.67f4f33c.rdunlap@xenotime.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 872 Lines: 20 On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:12:20AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:00:47 +0000 Al Viro wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:41:12PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > I assume that when you are not used to see 'bool', 'true' and 'false' > > > then they hurt the eye, but when used to it it looks natural. > > > > Five words: kernel is written in C. > > > > Not in Pascal. Not in C++. Not in Algol. "When used to (something > > non-idiomatic in C) it becomes natural" is not a valid argument. > > C (C99) now includes booleans. Are we stuck pre-C99? TRUE and FALSE are not those. Your point is...? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/