Re: C question about bitmasks in datetime.c

On 2013-10-01 11:15:36 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I see a few cases of this code in src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c:
> 
>     else if ((fmask & DTK_DATE_M) != DTK_DATE_M)
> 
> Wouldn't this be clearer as:
> 
>     else if (fmask & DTK_DATE_M)

That doesn't have the same meaning. The latter is trueif only one bit of
DTK_DATE_M is set, while the former requires all bits to be set.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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