[bind10-dev] [bikeshed] "variable == value" vs "value == variable"

[JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉]

At Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:24:30 +0100,
Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:

> >>>   if (10 == x) {
> >> 
> >> Do we really have this in our code? That looks strange to me and confusing.
> 
> Just FYI, this is common practice in some venues -- while it looks confusing, it helps prevent the:
> 
> if (x=10) { 
> 
> problem -- basically, by putting the literal first, you get a grumpy compiler then trying to assign to it…

Yeah I know.  In the very first message of this thread I explained I
understood it but why I was still against that style.

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JINMEI, Tatuya
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