[U-Boot] [PATCH-OMAP3] OMAP3: Plain numbers don't need parens

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at googlemail.com
Tue Nov 4 20:26:13 CET 2008


Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Dirk,
> 
> In message <49108377.0305560a.52c1.39ea at mx.google.com> you wrote:
> 
>>Use a consistent style. Plain numbers don't need parens. Proposed by Wolfgang Denk.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme at gmail.com>
> 
> ...
> 
> But...
> 
> 
>> /* GPMC CS3/cs4/cs6 not avaliable */
>>-#define GPMC_BASE		(OMAP34XX_GPMC_BASE)
>>+#define GPMC_BASE		OMAP34XX_GPMC_BASE
> 
> 
> This is NOT a plain number.

OMAP34XX_GPMC_BASE is. Trust me, I checked it before doing this change ...

> If I decide to use something like
> 
> #define	OMAP34XX_GPMC_BASE	FOO + BAR
> 
> you might comment that such a #define is dangerous in itself, but why
> not protet against it? with a number we are sure we don't need parens,
> but with a macro we'd should rather play safe.

... so we do play safe here. Maybe you noticed that I didn't change 
other places where the parens are needed as you correctly explained.

Dirk


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