Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond

Subject	Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
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From	bartc <bc@freeuk.com>
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Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2017-11-26 17:31 +0000

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On 26/11/2017 16:32, David Brown wrote:
> On 26/11/17 14:43, bartc wrote:

>> Of course in C, the statement sequence following 'else' doesn't have a 
>> delimiter. That's why {} has to be used in C. And why other syntaxes 
>> need to invent one in the form of 'end if' or 'fi', or a reduction in 
>> indents in the case of Python.
> 
> The problem is not in the use of braces.  It is not even in the optional 
> nature of the braces.  The problem lies in using a syntax and a visual 
> appearance that do not match each other - then the reader gets confused, 
> and the writer makes mistakes.

The problem is because of the fact that two or more statements in a 
sequence are treated differently from one or no statements.

So two are more need {...} (or begin...end).

Your solution is to treat one or no statements the same as two or more, 
and always use {...}.

-- 
bartc

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  Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-11-25 17:19 +0000
    Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-26 08:46 +1300
      Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-11-25 20:59 +0000
        Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-26 11:54 +1300
          Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-11-25 23:34 +0000
            Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-26 14:19 +1300
              Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-11-26 11:39 +0000
                Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-26 13:20 +0100
                Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-11-26 13:43 +0000
                Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-26 17:32 +0100
                Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-11-26 17:31 +0000
                Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-11-26 22:11 +0100
      Re: "The long goodbye to C" by Eric Raymond Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-11-26 06:53 +0000

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