On Fri, 2022-02-04 at 06:01 -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2022-02-04 at 05:23 -0800, David E. Box wrote: > > On Fri, 2022-02-04 at 02:14 -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Thu, 2022-02-03 at 21:30 -0800, David E. Box wrote: > [] > > > > - In binary attribute handlers where ret is only used for errors, > > > > replace, > > > > return (ret < 0) ? ret : size; > > > > with, > > > > return ret ?: size; > > > > > > I think this style overly tricky. > > > > > > Why not the canonical: > > > > > > if (ret < 0) > > > return ret; > > > > > > return size; > > > > I can see not using the 2 parameter shortcut of the ternary operator, but > > the > > regular 3 parameter expression is easy to read for simple operations. > > The issue to me is it combines an error test and error return > with the common return. Ah, okay. > > it's also being used and avoided / naked with the similar > > return min(ret, size); > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211116121014.1675-1-zhaoxiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/ Thanks.