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

Pedro Alves
2017-03-13T19:51:52Z

On 03/13/2017 07:50 PM, Andreas Arnez wrote:
> 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? :-)

It's a wiki, so anyone can do that. Want to volunteer? :-)

Thanks,
Pedro Alves