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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Using == operator |
| Date | Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:05:33 -0800 |
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:06:27 PM UTC, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>
>> Even if we assume that that corresponds to `if (apple_count)`, what's
>> the corresponding English for if(node->next)?
>>
> "If we've the node's next member"
If that interpretation works for you, that's fine. It doesn't work
for me.
What about
if (apple_count)
vs.
if (apple_count != 0)
vs.
if (apple_count > 0)
? Does the first of those read like English to you?
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: guidelines for pointer check Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-14 00:51 -0800
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