> [ptb]
> > But there are plenty of places in the kernel code where people write
> > if ((a == b) || (c == d) || (e < f)) ... It drives me batty, but Linus
> > does not seem to mind.
> >
>
> With out-of-order execution, note that if((a == b) | (c == d) | (e < f))
> runs faster if c, d, e, and f have no side effects--and the parens ARE
> required.
Eh? But you are using bitwise or. I had logical or, whose order is
defined, being that of lazy left-right evaluation, and whose precedence
is looser than that of the relational operators precisely so that you
can write boolean propositional compounds without those annoying parens.
Or am I wrong? It's been at least 15 years since I read K&R ...
Nah. No chance.
Peter
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