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From: karln@uunet.uu.net
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Funny mistake
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.180318.1603@uunet.uu.net>
Date: 18 Mar 91 18:03:18 GMT
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In article <2372@kielo.uta.fi> av@kielo.uta.fi (Arto V. Viitanen) writes:
>In article <13337@helios.TAMU.EDU> antek@binoc.tamu.edu (Antek Laczkowski) writes:
>>
>>"if (a = b)" instead of "if (a == b)". 
>>
>>That's a REALLY disgusting error, 
>>because the "C" compiler (at least under UNIX BSD 3.4) doesn't report it, 
>
>It seems, that almost all PC C compilers (at least Turbo C, C++) reports this
>kind of stuff.
>

	Is not this supposed to be a job for lint? Both ARE valid syntax ...

	Karl Nicholas

	karln!karln@uunet.uu.net