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From: elsie!ado@uunet.UU.NET (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Subject: Re: Semicolons (Re: Low-Rent Syntax)
Keywords: C, design, debug
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Date: 27 Aug 90 18:04:38 GMT
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> I was quite surprised to learn. . .of a C compiler that actually [will]
> catch errors such as:
> 
> 	while ( x )
> 		y--;
> 	endwhile;
> 
> [Which compiler is it?  And when I really do want to write a degenerate
> while loop, how do I tell it not to complain? -John]

A compiler used here complains about
	if ( expr ) ;
but not about
	if ( expr ) {}
since the second is much less likely to be a typo than the first.
-- 
		Arthur David Olson	ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov
		ADO and Elsie are Ampex and Borden trademarks
[Once again, which compiler is it? Inquiring minds want to know. -John]
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