Kernel Golf coming ...

Wycinek z pewnej dyskusji na LKML:

 > > -                     printk("\n");
 > > +                     if (space == 0) {
 > > +                             printk("    ");
 > > +                             space = 1;
 > > +                     } else {
 > > +                             printk("\n");
 > > +                             space = 0;
 > > +                     }
 >
 > Why not:
 >
 >                         printk(space == 0 ? "     " : "\n");
 >                         space = !space;

Well, if I were going for _un_readability I'd have suggested:

        printk(space = !space ? "     " : "\n");

Sure: if you use '\t' then you can do:

printk("%c", 9+space++);
space &= 1;

No branches ;)

Please...

        char space = '\t';
        [...]
        printk("%c", space);
        space = ('\t' + '\n') - space;

Even fewer instructions and actually somewhat understandable

I see the days of kernelgolf coming...

Ale przecież kod jądra Linux jest czytelny ;)