if - else

[Georgy Pruss]

"John J. Lee" <jjl at pobox.com> wrote in message news:87smk9mmgj.fsf at pobox.com...
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| In C, this has caused endless bugs.  It's the reason experienced C
| coders write stuff like:
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| if (10 == sum) {...}
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| rather than
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| if (sum == 10) {...}

Yes, there's such a style, and it's considered by experienced C
programmers to be as weird as if( (a<b) == TRUE )...

Georgy

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| -- the first won't compile if you accidentally write
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| if (10 = sum) {...}
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| <...>
| John