From: "Frank J. Lhota" <FrankLho.NOSPAM@rcn.com>
Subject: Re: Translating an embedded C algorithm
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:20:32 -0500
Date: 2007-01-16T12:20:32-05:00 [thread overview]
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"Cesar Rabak" <csrabak@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message
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> Ludovic Brenta escreveu:
>> Jean-Pierre Rosen a �crit :
>>>> A question: I see all the time things like "if (.. < ..)" in C - are
>>>> the
>>>> parentheses required there ?
>>> Yes, they are - because C has no "then" keyword. There must be something
>>> to tell the compiler where the expression ends...
>>
>> Not to mention that the parentheses may contain several expressions
>> separated by the comma operator, some or all of which may have side
>> effects, and only the last of which actually controls the if
>> statement... for example:
>>
>> if (a = 1, b = a, c = --a, (a = --b) == c) {
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> Ah, the joy of obfuscated programming :) :) :)
>>
> Would you believe that:
>
> if (a = 1) {
> ...
> }
>
> Is semantically valid C, but because it is very easy to mistake this when
> the intended was:
>
> if (a == 1) {
> ...
> }
>
> That there are tools to look for and signal this!?
A lot of C compiler will warn you about constructs such as
if (a=1) {
...
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-16 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 102+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-15 14:36 Translating an embedded C algorithm Talulah
2007-01-16 0:06 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-16 1:10 ` Marc A. Criley
2007-01-16 2:21 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 10:40 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-16 14:48 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-16 17:32 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-16 18:04 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-17 0:09 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-17 1:07 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 4:37 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-16 13:37 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 23:47 ` Simon Wright
2007-01-17 1:02 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 3:50 ` Vo, Anh (US SSA)
2007-01-16 12:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-16 23:50 ` Simon Wright
2007-01-18 16:17 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 16:41 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-18 20:02 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 22:25 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 8:32 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-19 19:15 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:49 ` Simon Wright
2007-01-18 16:55 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-18 18:54 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 0:45 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-18 21:25 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-19 0:50 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-19 4:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 18:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 20:19 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 20:30 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 23:34 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 8:57 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-19 2:11 ` Steve Whalen
2007-01-19 10:27 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-16 13:32 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 14:47 ` Gautier
2007-01-16 15:15 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 15:16 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-01-16 16:12 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-16 17:10 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-16 22:32 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-17 20:22 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-18 9:23 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-16 17:12 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 17:20 ` Frank J. Lhota [this message]
2007-01-16 18:09 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 17:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 18:08 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 18:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 20:03 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18 19:33 ` Björn Persson
2007-01-18 22:32 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:26 ` Björn Persson
2007-01-19 23:25 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 7:15 ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-19 20:27 ` Björn Persson
2007-01-19 20:34 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-17 13:48 ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-17 23:32 ` Translating an embedded C algorithm -- OT Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18 8:56 ` Talulah
2007-01-18 22:05 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18 9:03 ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-18 10:22 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2007-01-18 18:34 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 22:26 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 4:45 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 22:18 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:53 ` Simon Wright
2007-01-16 15:55 ` Translating an embedded C algorithm Cesar Rabak
2007-01-17 3:00 ` Vo, Anh (US SSA)
2007-01-17 10:48 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-17 11:44 ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-17 13:31 ` Talulah
2007-01-17 19:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 14:19 ` Talulah
2007-01-18 15:28 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-01-18 23:27 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18 18:51 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 22:30 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 4:48 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 19:13 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-20 20:56 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 2:21 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-19 3:25 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-20 0:46 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-20 13:03 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-20 16:54 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-20 23:53 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-20 21:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-25 21:59 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-26 4:06 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-26 11:26 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-26 12:25 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 4:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 10:13 ` Warner BRUNS
2007-01-19 14:54 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-19 4:08 ` Steve
2007-01-19 20:41 ` Simon Wright
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2007-01-17 7:07 AW: " Grein, Christoph (Fa. ESG)
2007-01-17 10:26 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-17 16:44 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-18 8:49 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-19 9:33 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-19 19:23 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:27 ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-20 9:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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