Re: [UPDATE] gcc NULL strings passed from ternary operators inkernel modules

[AmÃrico Wang]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:56:39AM -0700, Jeffrey Merkey wrote:
>might help if my examples are correct -- geez...
>
>interesting case with gcc.  The following code example:
>
>printk("%s\n", (value & 1) ? "set": "clear");
>
>will evaluate to NULL unless the ":" character has a space after
>static string declaration.
>
>this version
>
>printk("%s\n", (value & 1) ? "set" : "clear");
>
>works.
>
>go figure.   Looks like gcc assumes this case is a C++ construct of
>some sort and
>evaluates it to NULL.
>

Huh? How can gcc assume that is C++ code?!
Whitespaces definitely should not bother the code.

Which version of gcc are you using?

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