Coding style updates

Jelmer Vernooij jelmer at samba.org
Sun Oct 21 13:28:23 GMT 2007


Am Sonntag, den 21.10.2007, 08:23 -0500 schrieb Gerald (Jerry) Carter:
> - -	if ((x = malloc(sizeof(short)*10)) == NULL ) {
> +	x = malloc(sizeof(short)*10);
> +	if (!x) {
>  		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to alloc memory!\n");
>  	}
> 
>  or
> 
> - -	x = malloc(sizeof(short)*10);
> - -	if (!x) {
> +	if ((x = malloc(sizeof(short)*10)) == NULL) {
>  		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to alloc memory!\n");
>  	}
> 
> - -1.  We had this discussion before as well.  Mainly I don't
> like the "this one *or* that one".  Pick one.  We previously
> decided on if ((x=malloc) == NULL) format.
This seems inconsistent. If you favor "if (ptr)" over "if (ptr !=
NULL)", it should also be "if (!(x=malloc(...)))".

Cheers,

Jelmer
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