C99: Suggestions for style(9)

Julian Elischer julian at elischer.org
Fri May 1 20:38:14 UTC 2009


Christoph Mallon wrote:

> 
> You are mistaken. Re-read the "if": It already contains a "return;" as 
> then-part. The declaration of "bp" has no relation to the "if".
> In fact this is very good: "bp" can only be used after the "if", because 
> it is declared after it. Further, it most probably is only assigned a 
> value once, so declaration and the signle assignment are in the same 
> place, which aids readability and makes the code more concise.

the fact that people misread it allows me to say

"the defense rests m'lord"


> 
>     Christoph
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