Re: dual line backtraces for i386.

[Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>]

In-Reply-To: <20060105212802.GR20809@redhat.com>

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 at 16:28:02 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:

> > Why not:
> > 
> >                         printk(space == 0 ? "     " : "\n");
> >                         space = !space;
>
> readability ?

Well, if I were going for _un_readability I'd have suggested:

        printk(space = !space ? "     " : "\n");

:)

> Personally, I despise the ternary operator, because it makes me
> stop to try to parse it every time I see it.

I think it's a psychological thing because it makes you spend as
much time parsing a single line as it would to parse a whole
if-then-else and it just feels wrong somehow.

> With the code I wrote
> it's blindlingly obvious what is going on.

For simple espressions I think it's about the same, but like you said
it's a personal thing.  A soon as you start nesting cases the 'if'
becomes much clearer.  (People who nest ternary expressions should
be taken out and shot.)
-- 
Chuck
Currently reading: _Thud!_ by Terry Pratchett