From 05b4ed61f4e669da839892e03dad70e15d9a4cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:10:10 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] cocci: simplify "if (++u > 1)" to "if (u++)" It is more common to use post-increment than pre-increment when the side effect is the primary thing we want in our code and in C in general (unlike C++). Initializing a variable to 0, incrementing it every time we do something, and checking if we have already done that thing to guard the code to do that thing, is easier to understand when written if (u++) ; /* we've done that! */ else do_it(); /* just once. */ but if you try to use pre-increment, you end up with a less natural looking if (++u > 1) Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- contrib/coccinelle/preincr.cocci | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contrib/coccinelle/preincr.cocci diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/preincr.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/preincr.cocci new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7fe1e8d2d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/coccinelle/preincr.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +@ preincrement @ +identifier i; +@@ +- ++i > 1 ++ i++ -- 2.11.4.GIT