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From: desj@idacrd.UUCP (David desJardins)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: problems/risks due to programming language, stories requested
Message-ID: <637@idacrd.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 90 19:55:17 GMT
References: <2935@goanna.oz.au>
Organization: idacrd, princeton, nj
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From article <2935@goanna.oz.au>, by ok@goanna.oz.au (Richard O'keefe):
> Another trick is to use the preprocessor to help you check your counting.
> #define ten(A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J) A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,H
> 
> 	some_type the_table[] = {
> 	    ten(
> 		...
> 	    )};
> 
> Now if you miscount, the preprocessor will complain.

   The problem with this solution is well-illustrated by the posting
itself.  It would be better to have ways of detecting existing bugs
which would not introduce new, possibly even harder-to-find bugs.

   -- David desJardins

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