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		GnarfGnarf on July 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 54-line if condition in gcc's reload.c I will never have the skills to maintain let alone write a compiler. However, in a situation like this, I would break up the condition into a set of sub-conditions, set intermediate booleans, and progressively build upon the condition tests so as to make the code more intelligible and maintainable. No need for additional functions. (Amusing incongruity: "boolean" fails the spellchecker in an IT forum :o)

valarauca1 on July 2, 2014 [–]

>booleans

C doesn't support native booleans, C99 does-ish. And you can hack it in with

    #typedef enum {false, true} bool;

C uses ints, all the way down, for everything, until you hit turtles.

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