On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, René Scharfe wrote:
>
> Yes. I assumed my compiler (gcc 2.96) was misbehaving by reporting all
> that warnings about code which is actually just some normal C code. But
> after some consideration I see that it can help greatly in case of
> typos and so on.
Please use an explicit test - I know gcc suggest just an extra set of
parenthesis, but I'm personally convinced that is just because some gcc
people have been damaged by too much LISP.
I think
if ((a = b))
looks nothing but stupid, while
if ((a = b) != 0)
"explains" the parenthesis..
Linus
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