Re: do { } while (0) question

[Andrew James Wade]

On Tuesday 01 August 2006 04:53, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 09:45:26AM +0100, Jonathan Matthews-Levine wrote:
> > On 01/08/06, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >---
> > >Always use do {} while (0).  Failing to do so can cause subtle compile
> > >failures or bugs.
> > >---
> > >
> > >I'm really wondering what these subtle compile failures or bugs are.
> > >Could you please explain?
> > 
> > http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/DoWhile0
> 
> My question was referring to empty do { } while (0)'s... that's something
> the FAQ is not dealing with :)

For readers and writers familiar with the idiom, it is easier to use
it for all macros intended to act like statements. Its presence will
actually be less suprising than its absence, even in situations when
it doesn't actually change anything.

Andrew Wade
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