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4 votes c/freepost Posted by roger — 4 votes, 1 commentsSource

When I was at university I used to write code like 0 == current->uid exactly because I didn’t trust myself and I knew I could write some_variable = 0 instead of same_variable == 0. Also because this kind of error is a nightmare to track down since it’s all valid syntax. The professor looked at me in horror for using 0 == some_variable, told me I was wrong, dropped my grade a few points. Had I knew about this hack attempt back then, I would have brought this to the attention of my prof.