Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lethe!druid!darcy From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Subject: Re: declaring defines. Message-ID: <1991Jun17.132947.5296@druid.uucp> Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario References: <1991Jun16.135446.988@druid.uucp> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 13:29:47 GMT In article Sven Heinicke writes: >Just to get things straight I was using GNU C too and, of course, got >about same errors. Just recently Doug Gwyn announced that he is leaving comp.lang.c because of the SNR in this group. Hopefully he is just waiting in the wings, along with all the other gurus who have been silent lately, watching to see if we can get this group under control. Well here is my contribution. Before asking a question in this group make sure you have done the following: Run your problem code through lint(1) or use all the warnings your compiler will give you. With GNU C you can use -Wall to catch a lot of problems that are not necessarily syntax errors. Read the fucking manual. Read the Frequently Asked Question posting. Ask someone locally if possible. Having reached this stage if you still need to post then give as much information as possible without posting the whole program. Try to include the smallest possible program that exhibits the problem. Give the error messages or describe the output of the program. Above all try to give the impression that you have done your homework first. The best way to give that impression is to have done so. No one owes you an answer so try not to take the help offered for granted. This group should be your last resort, not your first. Oh, and don't forget the magic words your parents taught you. BTW, the above suggestions are doubly important for those who want to answer a question. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government Toronto, Ontario, Canada | like no government! +1 416 424 2871 |