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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: [PC] Simple AST |
| Date | 2019-03-08 18:22 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnimwslrbq.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <m2wolb3kj4.fsf@despina.home> <C6VfE.143510$Xct1.59455@fx12.am4> <q5q4me$hh8$1@news.albasani.net> <q5uv88$gnk$1@dont-email.me> <m2sgvw3lwo.fsf@despina.home> |
"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>
>>> I have also tended to write things like "return(0);", even if
>>> technically the parens are superfluous in this case.
>>
>> That makes a return statement look like a function-call statement.
>> Because of the popularity of that style, I've known people who thought
>> that it was a function.
>
> This shows that it is an advantage to adopt an homogenous syntax.
I don't see how it shows that.
> Note that we already have:
>
> if(…)
> while(…)
> do(…)
> for(…)
>
> your_random_function(…)
In each of those cases, the closing ")" is needed to mark the end of the
condition. Some languages instead use a keyword (if condition then,
while condition do, etc.)
> so why not:
>
> return(…)
Because the parentheses are unnecessary (the semicolon marks the end of
the expression), and as others have said they make it look too much like
a function call, *which it isn't*.
(Personally, I always use a space in "if (condition)" and never in
"func(params)").
[...]
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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Re: [PC] Simple AST "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-02-20 09:39 +0100
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Re: [PC] Simple AST "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-03-06 09:02 -0800
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Re: [PC] Simple AST luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2019-03-06 18:53 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-03-06 18:38 +0100
Re: [PC] Simple AST Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-03-06 09:53 -0800
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Re: [PC] Simple AST David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-03-06 23:29 +0100
Re: [PC] Simple AST BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-03-06 21:54 -0600
Re: [PC] Simple AST James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-03-08 18:52 -0500
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Re: [PC] Simple AST Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-03-09 12:20 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-03-10 00:04 +0100
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Re: [PC] Simple AST James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-03-25 11:42 -0700
Re: [PC] Simple AST Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-03-18 07:18 -0700
Re: [PC] Simple AST Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-03-14 15:34 +0000
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Re: [PC] Simple AST Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-03-06 22:12 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-03-07 08:54 +0100
Re: [PC] Simple AST "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-03-07 03:20 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-03-12 23:08 -0700
Re: [PC] Simple AST luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2019-03-06 14:08 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-03-06 22:13 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-03-06 19:38 +0000
Re: [PC] Simple AST "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-03-06 11:54 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2019-03-07 14:43 +0300
Re: [PC] Simple AST "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-03-07 03:58 -0800
Re: [PC] Simple AST David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-03-07 13:07 +0100
Re: [PC] Simple AST Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-20 10:35 +0100
Re: [PC] Simple AST Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-02-20 14:26 +0000
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