Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 13:44:03 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A question about sys/sys/queue.h Message-ID: <19980314134403.44728@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980313095459.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>; from Simon Shapiro on Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 09:54:59AM -0800 References: <19980313121330.54903@follo.net> <XFMail.980313095459.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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On Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 09:54:59AM -0800, Simon Shapiro wrote:
>
> On 13-Mar-98 Eivind Eklund wrote:
> ...
>
> > For any onlookerss: You can't get the correct binding with if ()
> > tricks, BTW. Stick with the good old "do { ... } while(0)"
>
> What you are describing is probably a compiler (or maybe even
> language) deficiency. ``do { ... } while (0)'' should be identical to
> ``{ ... }'' as they both do logically, the same thing.
Again, for onlookers: It's a language 'feature'. Off the top of my
head, I can't think of any way of parsing this that would be cleaner.
(Any follow-ups to chat, please)
Eivind.
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