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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 20 May 97 13:12:44 -0700</LI>
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In <<A HREF="msg00563.html">9705181712.80s1#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>>, on 05/18/97
at 10:22 AM, cg#ami-cg,graysage.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Gray) said:
>[Chris L:]
>:A key part of C's use of braces is implicit in the base design of the
>:language (and obvious when looking at the BNF diagram). In C, any place
>:that a statement can be used (in a non-expression context), a pair of
>:braces containing one or more statements can be used instead. Its a
>:slightly subtle and very pleasing piece of orthogonality, and is why:
>[Example deleted]
>Yep, that's true. However, it is also the cause of some of the
>problems in C. It can be a pain to see something like this filling up
>some of your window:
> }
> }
> }
> }
>}
Which is why a good friend of mine (and a damned fine programmer)
codes that as:
if () {
while () {
if () {
if () {
} } } }
>The compiler can recover a lot better, too, and often report errors
>more reliably/understandably. This is one of those language-religion
>things that everyone has their own view on. Food for endless debate!
>:-)
Yup. I note your preference for od/esac/etc, but I prefer the braces
as they offer me one rule and one format which can be applied anywhere
vs a per-statement type special case. As you say, it makes for horse
races.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00535" HREF="msg00535.html">Support mud [was Re: Languages]</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 02:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00553" HREF="msg00553.html">Support mud [was Re: Languages]</A></strong>,
Oliver Jowett <a href="mailto:oliver#sa-search,massey.ac.nz">oliver#sa-search,massey.ac.nz</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 07:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00536" HREF="msg00536.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 02:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00563" HREF="msg00563.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 19 May 1997, 00:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00637" HREF="msg00637.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 21 May 1997, 03:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00569" HREF="msg00569.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 19 May 1997, 03:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00572" HREF="msg00572.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Mon 19 May 1997, 07:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00640" HREF="msg00640.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 21 May 1997, 03:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00601" HREF="msg00601.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 20 May 1997, 00:12 GMT
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