From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: No Go To's Forever!
Date: 2000/03/23
Date: 2000-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bdnt0$b8u$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38DA2F9C.BAFF8C60@cadence.com
In article <38DA2F9C.BAFF8C60@cadence.com>,
Paul Graham <pgraham@cadence.com> wrote:
> For instance, the problem of maintaining an if statement in C
> if there is no brace:
>
> if (condition)
> stmt1;
> stmt2;
>
> Here the maintainer thinks he's adding stmt2 to the
then-clause of the
> if statement. The Ada if syntax prevents this from happening.
Sure, but in a C environment the above code should be ruled
out by the coding rules for indentation, which should most
certainly be checked by a tool (note that EMACS will do this
checking by automatically identing the above code as
> if (condition)
> stmt1;
> stmt2;
which will help avoid this.
I consider careful choice and enforcement of stylistic coding
rules to be an essential element in high quality software
engineering.
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2000-03-21 0:00 No Go To's Forever! Bill Dale
2000-03-21 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Bill Dale
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Andrew Berg
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-03-22 0:00 ` No Go To's Forever! (I'm sorry I spoke...) dis90072
2000-03-23 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-22 0:00 ` No Go To's Forever! Ken Garlington
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Come From Forever! (was: No Go To's Forever!) Ted Dennison
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-24 0:00 ` No Go To's Forever! Marin D. Condic
2000-03-25 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Tim Gahnström
2000-03-21 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Tim Gahnstr�m
2000-03-22 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-16 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-18 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Martin Dowie
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-21 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-24 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
[not found] ` <01bf9436$9c054880$2c5101be@bthomas4663>
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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