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From: ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: When does void make code less readable?
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 12:56:42 EST
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> I do support the use of lint, but I don't like (void).  It just clashes
> with the language's style, to my mind.  After all, we can write:
>          a = ++b;              or:               ++b;
> but I don't want to write the latter as:     (void) ++b;
> Mark Brader

Don't forget that you would also need:    (void) a = ++b;
because the = operator returns its value too!

(Except on one machine I used, where   a[1] = a[2] = 1.0;  worked fine but
   a[2*i+1] = a[2*i+2] = 1.0;  left a[2*i+1] unchanged.)
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   Norman Diamond

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