Re: Semicolons (Re: Low-Rent Syntax)

> I was quite surprised to learn. . .of a C compiler that actually [will]
> catch errors such as:
>
> while ( x )
> y--;
> endwhile;
>
> [Which compiler is it? And when I really do want to write a degenerate
> while loop, how do I tell it not to complain? -John]


A compiler used here complains about
if ( expr ) ;
but not about
if ( expr ) {}
since the second is much less likely to be a typo than the first.
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[Once again, which compiler is it? Inquiring minds want to know. -John]
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