CodingGuidelines: do not ==/!= compare with 0 or '\0' or NULL

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2020-05-08 13:51:21 -04:00
parent af6b65d45e
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@ -238,6 +238,18 @@ 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 that
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) {