[Python-Dev] check for PyUnicode_READY look backwards
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
amauryfa at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 14:57:03 CEST 2011
Hi,
with the new Unicode API, there are many checks like:
+ if (PyUnicode_READY(*filename))
+ goto handle_error;
Every time I read it, I get it wrong:
"If filename is ready, then fail"
then I have to remember that the function returns either 0 or -1.
I'd prefer it was written :
if (PyUnicode_READY(*filename) < 0)
because "< 0" clearly indicates an error condition.
That's how all calls to PyType_Ready are written, for example.
Am I the only one to be distracted by this idiom?
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Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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