Re: GCC 3.4 Heads-up

[Bill Davidsen]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
> > You pointed out that this generates good code, I pointed out that it 
> > also avoids future errors and is not just a trick for broken compilers. 
> > I take your point about generating good code, I'm sorry you can't see 
> > that avoiding code duplication is good practice even without the benefit 
> > of better code.
>
>
> Don't be silly. Using non-standard C is _never_ good practice.

Your example, which I quoted, *is* standard C. And it avoids duplication 
of code without extra variables, and is readable. We both agreed it was 
standard, why have you canged your mind?

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bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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