Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: do not ==/!= compare with 0 or '\0' or NULL
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> index 390ceece52..6dfc47ed7d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> @@ -236,6 +236,18 @@ For C programs:
> while( condition )
> func (bar+1);
>
> + - Do not explicitly compare an integral value with constant 0 or '\0',
> + or a pointer value with constant NULL. For instance, to validate a
> + counted array ptr that has cnt elements, write:
I think this should be
counted array <ptr, cnt> is initialized but has no elements, write:
> +
> + if (!ptr || cnt)
> + BUG("empty array expected");
> +
> + and not:
> +
> + if (ptr == NULL || cnt != 0);
> + BUG("empty array expected");
> +
> - We avoid using braces unnecessarily. I.e.
>
> if (bla) {
