On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:34:23PM -0400, Peter Olson wrote:
> > On June 23, 2016 at 10:48 AM Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > if (count > 0)
> > while(putchar(' ') && --count);
>
> I strongly recommend using the continue statement here:
>
> while(putchar(' ') && --count) continue;
>
> The reason is that the semicolon by itself is almost unnoticeable
> and you can create a difficult to understand malfunction if you don't
> notice you forgot to type it.
I learned C in the 70's. I still seem to have things to learn. And this
possibility has been there all that time.
Thank you.
-- hendrik
>
> Another habit I have is to avoid a statement like:
>
> if (abc == 42)
>
> and write it as
>
> if (42 == abc)
>
> instead. The compiler will issue an error message if you type only
> one = in the latter form, whereas the first form will happily execute
> by setting abc to 42 and always taking the true clause.
I had figured this one out.
-- hendrik
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