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except it is actually fairly common and once you have seen it once it is really clear.


Fairly common by developers that don't have to maintain code from others.

Clarity trumps clever tricks.

EDIT: To make it clear, if I am reviewing someone's C code, I'll be applying MISRA and Code Complete style rules.


I first saw this trick in the qemu source code.


So what?! How is qemu an example of C code quality?


I didn't say it was quality, but it is someone else's.




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