Re: C question for you old guys ;-)
Re: C question for you old guys ;-)
- Subject: Re: C question for you old guys ;-)
- From: Rob Kuilman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:21:48 +0200
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 10:46 PM, John C. Randolph wrote:
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:26 PM, zauhar wrote:
I can't tell you how many times I have typed '=' when it should have
been '=='. Likewise '&' instead of '&&'.
I think those macros are a very good idea.
I notice that the reaction to them here is about the same as when I
first mentioned them on comp.lang.c in 1985 or so. ;-)
I cant tell you how the compilers were back then, since i was only two
years old, but for a well, long while now, most compilers
(at least GCC and CW) warn you for this 'possibly unwanted assignment'
thingy...
i'm really very strong against these macros... to make a mistake like =
instead of == youll have to do the following:
- type = instead of ==
- not read back the code you just wrote
- ignore the compiler warning (or turn those warnings of in the
settings, which is stupid as well imho)
- spend ages for you to finally find the error...
thereby, as i said before, i find 'is' a lot harder to read than '=='
:-)
Robert K.
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