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From: dwb@sppy00.UUCP (David Burhans)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: This one bit me today
Message-ID: <568@sppy00.UUCP>
Date: 5 Oct 89 15:07:38 GMT
References: <2432@hub.UUCP>
Reply-To: dwb@sppy00.UUCP (David Burhans)
Organization: Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, Ohio.
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In article <2432@hub.UUCP> dougp@voodoo.ucsb.edu writes:
1> main()
2>   {
3>   int a=1,b=2,*p=&a,c;
4>   c=b/*p;
5>   }
 >
 > First real flaw in the C grammer I have found.

This is not a flaw in the C grammer, it is a flaw in the c programmer.

Don't expect a compiler to second guess you.  Line 4 contains an
assignment and the start of a comment.  As there is no end of comment,
you should get an error message along the lines of ``unterminated
comment.''  Try the following:
  c = b / *p;
White space not only solves your problem, it makes your code more readable.

Also, in line 3 you have an illegal compination of an int * and an int.
Once again, white space solves your problem.

 -DwB
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