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From: raymond@hilbert.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C style peeve (Yo people, try reading carefully next time!)
Keywords: return
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Date: 19 Mar 90 04:53:57 GMT
References: <2205@osc.COM> <1207@sdrc.UUCP>
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In article <2205@osc.COM>, jgk@osc.COM (Joe Keane) writes:
> It's a shame the compiler lets them get away with it, and i think the extra
> parentheses should be strictly illegal. ...

In many subsequent articles people reply:
> [ You blathering idiot!  The thing after the "return" keyword
>   is an expression, and the last time I checked, an expression
>   enclosed in parentheses is still an expression. ]

Unfortunately, those people went off half-cocked and didn't finish
reading Mr. Keane's article.  His last sentence is particularly
illuminating:

>                                              Oh yeah, the second paragraph
>is completely false.

'Nuff said.
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raymond@math.berkeley.edu     Maintainer of the csip Frequently Asked Questions