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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k•org>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>,
	Jim Meyering <jim@meyering•net>,
	Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] grep: get rid of useless x < 0 comparison on an enum member
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:03:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2pqh5nvic.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1320581184-4557-4-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> ("Ævar	Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Sun, 6 Nov 2011 13:06:24 +0100")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail•com> writes:

> Remove an "p->field < 0" comparison in grep.c that'll always be
> false. In this case "p" is a "grep_pat" where "field" is defined as:
>
> 	enum grep_header_field field;
>
> And grep_header_field is in turn defined as:
>
>     enum grep_header_field {
>     	GREP_HEADER_AUTHOR = 0,
>     	GREP_HEADER_COMMITTER
>     };
>
> Meaning that this comparison will always be false.

The underlying integer type is implementation-defined, and can be any
signed or unsigned integer type that can represent all enumerations.

Andreas.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-06 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-06 12:06 [PATCH 0/3] Fix code issues spotted by clang Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-06 12:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] apply: get rid of useless x < 0 comparison on a size_t type Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-06 18:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-07 19:09     ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2011-11-06 12:06 ` [PATCH 2/3] diff/apply: cast variable in call to free() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-06 12:06 ` [PATCH 3/3] grep: get rid of useless x < 0 comparison on an enum member Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-06 15:03   ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2011-11-07 12:42     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-07 13:12       ` Andreas Schwab
2011-11-07 16:38         ` Jeff King
2011-11-07 18:24           ` Andreas Schwab
2011-11-07 18:34             ` Jeff King
2011-11-07 18:55               ` Jeff King
2011-11-07 19:06                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-07 20:13                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-11-07 19:49   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-07 21:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-07 21:32       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-07 21:48         ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-07 22:21           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-11-06 12:33 ` [PATCH 0/3] Fix code issues spotted by clang Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-11-08 16:05   ` Elijah Newren

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