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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re:  questions from using lint
Message-ID: <1503@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-May-86 22:12:20 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 25 22:12:20 1986
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Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <6716@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP writes:
>More seriously, any grouping-by-indenting scheme should be studied carefully
>for ways in which minor typos could seriously alter the meaning of the
>program in non-obvious ways.

I agree, but: why should this be done for grouping by indentation, when it
isn't done for any other language features?  (When was the last time you
wrote "=" instead of "=="?)

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108