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Re: [PATCH 1/3] inf-ptrace: Do not stop memory transfers after a single word


On Mon, Mar 13 2017, Pedro Alves wrote:

> On 03/10/2017 03:48 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
>
>> I don't the idea behind that rule.  I thought it was just for readability,
>> to make it clear that the variable is a pointer without having to refer to the
>> declaration.  Perhaps some older timers could shed some light on that :).
>
> I don't know the original rationale, but I agree that nowadays the
> justification can only be in terms of readability.  The same reason we
> do
>  if (integer_that_is_not_a_boolean != 0)
> instead of
>  if (integer_that_is_not_a_boolean)
> .

Right, it's a GDB-specific style rule.  So who fixes the explanation on
the Wiki page?  :-)

--
Andreas


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