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authorLuca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org>2012-05-04 10:03:42 -0700
committerLuca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org>2012-05-06 15:47:10 -0700
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doc: clarify check for NULL pointer style
Our code should be terse and clear.
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@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ const char *avfilter_configuration(void)
@}
@end example
@item
+Do not check for NULL values by comparison, @samp{if (p)} and
+@samp{if (!p)} are correct; @samp{if (p == NULL)} and @samp{if (p != NULL)}
+are not.
+@item
In case of a single-statement if, no curly braces are required:
@example
if (!pic || !picref)