> > > one thing I didn't like was :
> > > if (-1 != new_value)
> > > or something like that.. I hate when people do that.. I think it's
more
> > > intuitive, easy to read to just use
> > > if (new_value != -1)
> >
> > Actually it also isn't my custom to do it the 'if (-1 !=
new_value)' -way.
> > It is more like having copied the style from existing code in the file.

I didn't used to like it either, however at my current job the coding style
was set that we should do it that way. Now I understand why it is set like
that, often you could type: if(new_value = -1) and forget the == (or just a
typo) that will compile. However if you do it the other way and forget:
if(-1 = new_value), that will actually fail at build time rather than
causing a bug.

Lio.



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