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Re: [patch] fixup GECOS handling

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AIAndy Isaacson <adi@hexapodia.org>
Date
Apr 22, 2005, 23:30 UTC
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<20050422233012.GA27638@hexapodia.org>
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 09:16:39AM -0700, Kyle Hayes wrote:
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> if(comma)
> 	if(semi)
> 		/* lastname, firstname; room #; phone # format */
> 		*semi  = 0;
> 	else
> 		*comma = 0;
> else if(semi)
> 	*semi = 0;
That's a really complicated way of writing

if(semi) *semi = 0; else if(comma) *comma = 0;

(The two code fragments are precisely identical. Mmmm, strength reduction.)

-andy
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Message 15 of 16 in “fixup GECOS handling”
  1. fixup GECOS handlingMartin Schlemmer, Apr 18, 2005
  2. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  3. Martin SchlemmerApr 18, 2005
  4. fixup GECOS handlingMartin Schlemmer, Apr 22, 2005
  5. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  6. Martin SchlemmerApr 22, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisApr 22, 2005
  8. Martin SchlemmerApr 22, 2005
  9. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  10. Martin SchlemmerApr 22, 2005
  11. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisApr 23, 2005
  13. Martin SchlemmerApr 23, 2005
  14. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  15. Andy IsaacsonApr 22, 2005
  16. Kyle HayesApr 25, 2005

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