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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Types in C |
| Date | 2011-05-25 08:53 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnoc2qydwu.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <c6df7e1de1fd10f-d35e5@gmail.com> <irfd7c$1en$1@dont-email.me> <46bfca6e0cc73cf-bd09a@gmail.com> <slrnitnnn7.2fgi.usenet-nospam@guild.seebs.net> <8739k348ph.fsf@temporary-address.org.uk> |
Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> writes:
> Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> writes:
>> On 2011-05-24, Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's a cognitive semantic quirk. Return kind-of looks like it is a
>>> special function that transfers control to the original caller, and so
>>> I put return values in parenthesis because that's what you do with
>>> real functions. I know it's not a function, but try to tell that to
>>> my brain.
>>
>> That is, in fact, exactly why I *don't* use () on it; because it's the
>> opposite of a function call.
>
> The "it's not a function call" argument has never really stacked up for
> me. I know it's not a function call, but neither are 'if' or 'for' and
> try writing those without them. On the other hand, 'exit' is about as
> close to return as you can get (from main anyway) and yet does need
> them.
Yes, parentheses are heavily overloaded in C.
The "it's not a function call" argument is why I distinguish between
function calls and if/while/for by whitespace:
if (cond) ...
while (cond) ...
func(arg);
In my own style, a function call has the '(' immediately following the
function name; adding a space between 'if' and '(' makes it look less
like a function call. And I've been trying to develop the habit of
writing "sizeof (int)" rather than "sizeof(int)".
Oh, and exit(0) *is* a function call, regardless of how it happens to
behave.
> The argument that works for me is "you don't need them, they don't add
> anything to readability, so why put them in?". I did use them in my
> early days; I think I picked it up from K&R 1 and picked up not using
> them from here.
That works too.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
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Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-22 21:29 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-22 12:48 -0700
Re: Types in C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-22 23:03 +0100
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 10:35 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 08:40 -0700
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 17:19 +0000
Re: Types in C John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-05-23 17:54 +0000
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 11:33 -0700
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 11:44 -0700
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 19:08 +0000
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 20:50 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 12:11 -0700
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 19:45 +0000
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 13:03 -0700
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 22:25 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 14:38 -0700
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 23:45 +0200
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 22:02 +0000
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-24 00:10 +0200
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 22:12 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-23 13:27 -0700
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 22:33 +0200
Re: Types in C Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> - 2011-05-24 03:17 -0400
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-24 10:55 +0200
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 09:29 +1200
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 23:42 +0200
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 09:51 +1200
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-24 00:04 +0200
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 10:57 +1200
Re: Types in C David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-06-01 16:33 -0400
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:33 -0500
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 08:27 -0700
Re: Types in C Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-31 00:40 -0700
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-31 11:32 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-31 11:30 -0700
Re: Types in C Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-01 01:23 -0700
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 16:51 -0400
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 09:25 +1200
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-23 23:40 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 08:36 -0700
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 17:53 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 22:24 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:23 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 23:57 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 21:22 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 03:46 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 00:24 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 04:44 +0000
Re: Types in C pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-24 07:46 -0400
Re: Types in C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-24 07:48 -0400
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 10:35 +1200
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 22:38 +0000
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 10:53 +1200
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 23:17 +0000
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 11:24 +1200
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 23:39 +0000
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-24 11:23 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 08:46 -0700
Re: Types in C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-05-24 09:14 -0700
Re: Types in C Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-28 21:50 -0700
Re: Types in C "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-07 19:50 +0200
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:33 -0400
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 12:03 +1200
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 21:27 -0400
Re: Types in C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 13:47 +1200
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 23:45 -0400
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 00:07 -0700
Re: Types in C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-24 08:05 -0400
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:54 -0500
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 21:03 -0400
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 22:12 -0500
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 00:03 -0400
Re: Types in C pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-24 00:19 -0400
Re: Types in C pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-24 00:20 -0400
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 00:46 -0500
Re: Types in C pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-24 07:36 -0400
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 10:58 -0400
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 09:40 -0700
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 21:36 -0400
Re: Types in C David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-06-01 16:33 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 16:50 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 21:10 -0400
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 18:19 -0700
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 21:42 -0400
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 23:47 -0500
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 10:13 -0400
Re: Types in C Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-24 22:19 -0600
Re: Types in C Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2011-05-25 07:04 +0100
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-25 08:53 -0700
Re: Types in C Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-05-25 10:11 -0600
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 09:02 -0700
Re: Types in C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-24 07:37 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 22:02 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 18:15 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 22:25 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:39 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-23 23:57 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 21:10 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 01:58 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 23:56 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 04:32 +0000
Re: Types in C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-25 01:29 +0100
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 22:20 -0500
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 22:42 -0500
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 00:07 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 04:44 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 10:24 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-24 16:50 +0000
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 21:16 -0400
Re: Types in C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-25 03:36 +0000
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 01:26 -0500
Re: Types in C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 11:04 -0400
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-24 09:06 -0700
Re: Types in C David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-06-01 16:33 -0400
Re: Types in C Marcin Grzegorczyk <mgrzegor@poczta.onet.pl> - 2011-05-30 22:42 +0200
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 17:45 -0500
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-31 08:47 -0700
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 13:54 -0400
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-05-31 00:16 +0200
Re: Types in C Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 18:30 -0500
Re: Types in C Marcin Grzegorczyk <mgrzegor@poczta.onet.pl> - 2011-06-02 22:44 +0200
Re: Types in C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-06-02 22:49 +0200
Re: Types in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-02 15:26 -0700
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