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[ILUG] EU Rejects Patent Software Law - For Now

[ILUG] EU Rejects Patent Software Law - For Now

Colm MacCarthaigh colm at stdlib.net
Fri Feb 18 12:24:06 GMT 2005


On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:20:37PM +0000, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> static inline int mem_equivales(void * x, void *y)
> {
> 	if(x==y)
> 		return 1;
> 	else
> 		return 0;
> }
> 
> or if you prefare with _broken_ naming conventions
> 
> static inline int not_mem_equivales(void * x, void *y)
> {
> 	if(x==y)
> 		return 0;
> 	else
> 		return 1;
> }

o.k., they're getting there, though I'd disagree with your naming
convnetion entirely, since equivales is exclusively a boolean logic
operator.

> static inline int ISNOT(void * x, void *y)
> {
> 	return (x==y) ? 0: 1;
> }

Why not just return (x != y) in that situation? Bizarre.

-- 
Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net



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