Re: bug me now / bug me later

[t-wader@microsoft.UUCP (Wade Richards)]

In article <811@sagpd1.UUCP> jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) writes:
=}
=}Lets say you have the following (you ADA people, please bear with me):
=}
=}	#define SIZE	6
=}	#define STEP	2
=}
=}Which is better:
=}
=}	a.	for(i = SIZE; i != 0; i -= STEP)
=}or
=}	b.	for(i = SIZE; i > 0; i -= STEP)
=}

It depends on the situation. 

If you know that i will exactly equal zero (as in this case), then I think
that's what you should test for.  However, I would probally put:

assert( SIZE % STEP == 0 )

before the loop, to make sure nothing blows up, and (more importantly) to make
it quite clear what was at fault if it does blow up.


	--- Wade