[BusyBox 0001076]: "ip addr del" does not work

Bernhard Fischer rep.nop at aon.at
Sat Nov 4 20:25:47 UTC 2006


On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:37:12PM +0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
>On Thursday 26 October 2006 21:40, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> > > int compare_string_array(const char * const string_array[], const char *key)
>> > > {
>> > >  		return compare_string_array_internal(string_array, key, 1);
>> > > }
>> >
>> > compare_string_array({"aaa","bbb","ccc"}, "b") returns 1 -- ??!
>> >
>> > > int compare_substring_array(const char * const string_array[], const char *key)
>> >
>> > Name of this one doesn't immediately say what it is doing.
>> > I have hard time imagining a "substring array" at all...
>> >
>> > compare_string_array() is also can have better name.
>> > find_in_string_array()?
>> 
>> there's a recommended rule that functions be given names so that, when
>> used in their natural context, they make intuitive sense.  for
>> instance,
>> 
>>   if (compare_string_array(...)) {
>> 
>> doesn't really suggest what's being returned, but
>> 
>>   if (string_array_contains_string(...)) {
>> 
>> should be immediately obvious.  or something like that.
>
>compare_string_array() returns index of string, not just 1/0.
>index_in_str_array()?

Given that my copy that reads strncmp() in there still lives on locally,
i take it that this isn't fixed yet?



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