Re: asm/unistd.h

From: Joseph Carter (knghtbrd@debian.org)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 09:26:28 EST

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:06:20AM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> So you ask: "why not just use a { ... } to define a macro". I don't
> remember the case for this but I know it's there. It has to do with a
> complicated if/else structure where a simple {} breaks.

This doesn't follow in my mind. I can't think of a case where a { ... }
would fail, but a do { ... } while (0) would succeed. The former would
also save a few keystrokes. 

-- 
Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>                Free software developer

// Minor lesson: don't fuck about with something you don't fully understand
        -- the dosdoom source code
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