Date: 24 Feb 2001 14:26:26 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bad programming practice? Message-ID: <xzp7l2gnrel.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Rahul Siddharthan's message of "Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:40:58 %2B0100" References: <20010223180321.A33329@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010223143019.E32113@peorth.iteration.net> <20010224084058.A50136@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes: > Think of it this way: any normal person would tend to write "if > (n==1)". Now, to get around using = accidentally for ==, you either > have to train yourself to write "if (1==n)" consistently every time, > or you train yourself to check that == every time you write such an > expression. Why not just train yourself to check the ==? Why not just train yourself to always compile with -Wall -pedantic? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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