On: The Linux backdoor attempt of 2003 (2013)

[JadeNB]

> I would hate to see something like this in my code base:

> a = x = y;

> If that meant “set ‘a’ to true if ‘x’ is equal to ‘y’, and false otherwise.” I would, honestly, be a little pissed off.

Would you find it more acceptable as `a = (x = y)`? To me, that is reasonably clear.

[klodolph → JadeNB]

> Would you find it more acceptable as `a = (x = y)`? To me, that is reasonably clear.

No, I don’t consider that acceptable. It is not enough that it is clear to some people who know what they are looking at. The language should be more clear to more people.