Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
- Subject: Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
- From: David Blanton <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:33:16 -0600
On 5/21/04 2:48 PM, "Mel Walker" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On May 21, 2004, at 1:22 PM, David Blanton wrote:
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> Every response I have seen attacks the symptom and not the problem; a
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> very
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> poor approach to software engineering.
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> The problem is not knowing the language. If you want to add two ints
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> do you
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> know to use + or are you confused by - because it 'kinda looks like +,
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> half
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> of it anyway."
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> This topic has been beaten to death on this list when the answer is
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> learn
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> the language!!
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> There, I finally said it.
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Except you forgot the part about never never never ever ever ever
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making a typo.
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Unless, of course, you really honestly believe that everyone who makes
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that mistake, makes it because they don't really know C very well. :-)
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I think that anyone who make the = when it should be == error more than once
should reconsider their position. McDonalds has pictographs on their
keyboards to prevent this kind of error. :-|
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