Re: This statement may fall through - how?

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: This statement may fall through - how?
Date	2020-04-30 02:15 -0700
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James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> writes:
> On 30/04/2020 09:54, Bonita Montero wrote:
>>> Anyway, I suppose the best idea is to use the attribute thing, if it is
>>> available.
>>
>> The best thing is to insert a "break" because it is not confusing.
>
> If the goal is "best" then not embedding an exit call at all may be
> even better. It's often better structured to unwind back to main and
> return from there.
>
> If printing a usage message on request a return 0 could be
> correct. But if the usage message is printed due to parameter errors
> then one could return 1 (or perhaps some other nonzero) ... from main.

Or EXIT_FAILURE.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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        Re: This statement may fall through - how? James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2020-04-30 10:03 +0100
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          Re: This statement may fall through - how? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-04-30 02:15 -0700
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                Re: This statement may fall through - how? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-30 13:01 -0400
                Re: This statement may fall through - how? Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2020-04-30 17:34 +0000
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          Re: This statement may fall through - how? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-30 11:18 +0200
            Re: This statement may fall through - how? mathog <mathog@caltech.edu> - 2020-04-30 13:13 -0700

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