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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A> (Chris Gray)</LI>
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[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:
}
}
}
}
}
I find myself getting lost a lot less often if it is instead:
fi;
od;
od;
fi;
corp;
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! :-)
:There are lots of other more interesting examples, such as creating very
:locally scoped automatics:
No reason you can't do that with the keyword stuff - they can introduce a
new scope as well. I can't resist adding that
if a < b then
f();
g();
fi;
has one less token in it than
if (a < b) {
f();
g();
}
:-) (And three more characters, although they are not shifted.)
--
Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00529" HREF="msg00529.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 00:32 GMT
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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>,
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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>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00569" HREF="msg00569.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
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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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