Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:37:11 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ed if_ed.c Message-ID: <10137.1108121831@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:31:36 %2B1100." <20050211220212.A32327@delplex.bde.org>
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In message <20050211220212.A32327@delplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes: >> : while (complicated-expr) >> : ; Look, programming is the art of expressing intent as best as possible. The single semicolon variant is very clear from a compiler point of view, but it is not clear from a human point of view. I always use the continue variant because I feel it expresses intent better for two reasons: The visual impact of a word is much bigger than that of a single lightweight character. Writing "continue" dispells any doubt if I did it intentionally. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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