On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Greg Parker <gpar...@apple.com> wrote: > > On Aug 1, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Gordon Apple wrote: > >> It’s not that I object to anyone doing it, if that makes them more >> comfortable, but a warning on ““&&” inside of “||”” is ridiculous. Everyone >> knows that multiplication takes precedence over addition. “&&” is a >> multiplication. “||” is, welll, almost an addition. (Exor is addition in a >> mod 2 system.} Anyone who can’t at least keep these two straight shouldn’t >> be doing programming. Overall operator precedence is a little more >> complicated and I would recommend , for those who don’t have it all down, >> copying the page (two page spread) out of K&E or Stroustroup and taping it >> to the wall. (I have done that in the past.) I just think this particular >> warning is carrying things to the extreme. What next? Warning: “*” inside >> of “+”? >> >> I don’t object to warnings. “Assignment inside of “if”” is a good thing, >> because it is a common, easily committed, error, and I appreciate the >> warning. > > "A warning on `==` inside of `if` is ridiculous. `==` is comparison for > equality. `=` is assignment. Anyone who can't at least keep these two > straight shouldn't be doing programming." > > One programmer's appreciated warning is another programmer's annoying noise. > If you think some warning is noise, turn it off. Please don't belittle those > of us who are not perfect. > I wish I had a dollar for every time I lazy fingered `=` rather than `==`. And another buck for each time the compiler caught it (I use `-Wall` -Wextra` and firends).
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