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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: #define BYTES *8 |
| Date | 2012-08-29 11:36 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <k1lctr$p6m$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <k1hssn$c4o$1@reader1.panix.com> <lnwr0jza09.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <lemdnaxSOJpnraPNnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@bestweb.net> |
On 8/29/2012 11:10 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 8/28/2012 4:38 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> [...]
>> Something similar: Years ago, I thought that this:
>>
>> #define EVER (;;)
>>
>> was clever, because I could write:
>>
>> for EVER {
>> /* ... */
>> }
>>
>> I still think it's clever. I just no longer think that's a good thing.
>
> :-)
>
> Perhaps:
>
> #define FOREVER for(;;)
>
> Not that I'd ever use such a thing, of course. Still clever. Still
> "not really a good thing to do".
In my own young and foolish days, I used
#define until(x) while(!(x))
believing it improved readability. Foolishness never leaves us
altogether, but youth and inexperience do -- and clevernesses of
this kind went into my personal "Wish I'd never done that" file
long ago. (Right next to the FORTRAN II code that avoided an IF
by using a computed GOTO.)
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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#define BYTES *8 JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2012-08-28 07:44 +0000
Re: #define BYTES *8 Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@pobox.com> - 2012-08-28 09:07 +0100
Re: #define BYTES *8 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-28 01:38 -0700
Re: #define BYTES *8 JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2012-08-28 09:21 +0000
Re: #define BYTES *8 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-08-28 12:34 +0100
Re: #define BYTES *8 JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2012-08-28 12:23 +0000
Re: #define BYTES *8 Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-29 11:10 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-29 11:36 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 Adrian Ratnapala <raka@scooter.fritz.box> - 2012-08-30 04:01 +0000
Re: #define BYTES *8 Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-30 19:08 -0400
<OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-30 21:30 -0400
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-08-31 02:49 +0100
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2012-08-31 08:32 +0000
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-31 03:55 -0700
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-08-31 10:58 +0100
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-08-31 11:53 +0100
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-08-31 12:39 +0100
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-08-31 15:35 +0100
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-08-31 19:15 +0100
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-31 14:39 -0400
Re: <OT> Re: #define BYTES *8 Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-06 15:14 +0300
Re: #define BYTES *8 "Scott Fluhrer" <sfluhrer@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-28 12:24 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-08-28 17:44 +0100
Re: #define BYTES *8 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-28 14:42 -0700
Re: #define BYTES *8 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-08-28 23:47 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-08-29 22:20 -0600
Re: #define BYTES *8 John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2012-09-06 15:32 -0700
Re: #define BYTES *8 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-09-06 20:58 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-06 21:13 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2012-09-07 03:00 -0700
Re: #define BYTES *8 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-09-08 10:00 -0400
Re: #define BYTES *8 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-09-07 02:22 +0100
Re: #define BYTES *8 John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2012-09-07 05:55 -0700
Re: #define BYTES *8 Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-07 14:20 -0700
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