On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, David Laight wrote:
> > David Laight <dsl@netbsd.org> writes:
> > > Change a lot of 'if (strlen(x) == 0)' to 'if (x[0] === 0)'.
> >
> > Why bother? Was this performance critical code? The former is clearer
> > to the reader.
>
> IMHO the latter is clearer, the test is 'is this string null' not
> 'does it have zero length'.  I'll often write 'if (!*x)' to save keystrokes!

FWIW, i find the strlen(x)==0 thing most readable.


 - Hubert

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