Re: [PATCH] dir: do all size checks before seeking back and fix file closing

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

The comparison order is done in textual order.  You list smaller
things on the left and then larger things on the right (iow, you
almost never use >= or >).

Ahh. A number of people do the "0 == x" thing, because they want to be 
caught if they use "=" instead of "==" by mistake. I thought it was the 
same thing.

The rest is repeating what you said 15 months ago, so I did not
quote that part, but interested parties can follow this thread:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/3907/focus=4126